Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 92-97 , January 2010

Counting the cost of type 2 diabetes in Vanuatu

Received 12 December 2008 ,Revised 20 August 2009 ,Accepted 28 September 2009.

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☆ Grant funding: Conducted under a 3-year capacity building grant from the World Diabetes Foundation.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.09.022

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
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