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Editorial
. 2016 May;110(5):263-4.
doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trw021.

Diabetes in the tropics: prevalent, increasing and a major public health problem

Ranjit Unnikrishnan  1 , Viswanathan Mohan  2
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Editorial

Diabetes in the tropics: prevalent, increasing and a major public health problem

Ranjit Unnikrishnan et al. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2016 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Diabetes; epidemiologic transition; tropics.

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