Type 2 diabetes: an epidemic requiring global attention and urgent action

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William H Herman et al. Diabetes Care. 2012 May.

. 2012 May;35(5):943-4.

doi: 10.2337/dc12-0298.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.wherman@umich.edu.

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