How strong is the association between abdominal obesity and the incidence of type 2 diabetes?

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Published in Int J Clin Pract on June 28, 2008

Authors

N Freemantle1, J Holmes, A Hockey, S Kumar

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1: School of Primary Care, Occupational and Public Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. n.freemantle@bham.ac.uk

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