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Comment
. 2010 May;59(5):1129-31.
doi: 10.2337/db10-0334.

Diabetes, insulin use, and cancer risk: are observational studies part of the solution-or part of the problem?

Jeffrey A Johnson  1 , Edwin A M Gale
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Diabetes, insulin use, and cancer risk: are observational studies part of the solution-or part of the problem?

Jeffrey A Johnson et al. Diabetes. 2010 May.
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