Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 57-58 , June 2007

The nature of quality and the goals of diabetes care

Received 10 April 2007

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.04.002

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 57-58 , June 2007

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