Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 203-208 , May 2010

Six year weight change and type 2 diabetes among Australian Indigenous adults

  • Ming Li

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: P5-29 Division of Health Sciences, City East Campus, North Terrace, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 83021051; fax: +61 8 83021030.
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  • Sandra Campbell
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  • Robyn A. McDermott

Received 16 November 2009 ,Revised 12 January 2010 ,Accepted 13 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.01.016

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 203-208 , May 2010

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