Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 23-33 , July 2002

Diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in Aboriginal Australians: prevalence and risk

  • M. Daniel

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #7440, Rosenau Hall, Room 306, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7440, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-919-843-8043; fax: +1-919-966-2921
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  • K.G. Rowley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • R. McDermott

      Affiliations

    • Tropical Public Health Unit, Queensland Health, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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  • K. O'Dea

      Affiliations

    • Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Received 2 August 2001 ,Revised 29 October 2001 ,Accepted 26 December 2001.

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