Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 181-186 , December 2008

Trends in the management of risk of diabetes complications in different ethnic groups in New Zealand primary care

Received 6 November 2007 ,Revised 27 March 2008 ,Accepted 7 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2008.08.002

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 181-186 , December 2008