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. 2004 Sep 1;95(5):366–368. doi: 10.1007/BF03405148

Identifying and Addressing the Social Determinants of the Incidence and Successful Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Canada

Vanessa Ling Yu 110,✉, Dennis Raphael 210
PMCID: PMC6975724  PMID: 15490927

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