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. 2005 Aug;81(958):486–490. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.029124

Diabetes and ethnic minorities

J Oldroyd 1, M Banerjee 1, A Heald 1, K Cruickshank 1
PMCID: PMC1743339  PMID: 16085737

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