The association between components of adult height and Type II diabetes and insulin resistance: British Women's Heart and Health Study.

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Published in Diabetologia on June 28, 2002

Authors

D A Lawlor1, S Ebrahim, G Davey Smith

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1: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK. d.a.lawlor@bristol.ac.uk

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