Epidemiology: The diabetes mellitus tsunami: worse than the 'Spanish flu' pandemic?

Thomas Yates¹, Kamlesh Khunti²

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¹ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester; and the National Institute for Health Research, Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4PW, UK.
² Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4PW, UK; and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - East Midlands, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4PW, UK.

PMID: 27199294
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2016.74

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Epidemiology: The diabetes mellitus tsunami: worse than the 'Spanish flu' pandemic?

Thomas Yates et al. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2016 Jul.

. 2016 Jul;12(7):377-8.

doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2016.74. Epub 2016 May 20.

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Thomas Yates¹, Kamlesh Khunti²

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¹ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester; and the National Institute for Health Research, Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4PW, UK.
² Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4PW, UK; and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - East Midlands, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4PW, UK.

PMID: 27199294
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2016.74

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