Ethnicity, body mass index and diabetes

Comparative Study

Tsung O Cheng. Diabetologia. 2004 Jan.

. 2004 Jan;47(1):144.

doi: 10.1007/s00125-003-1257-7. Epub 2003 Nov 15.

No abstract available

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