Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 85-89 , July 2010

Insulin initiation in primary care for patients with type 2 diabetes: 3-Year follow-up study

  • Jeremy Dale

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, Gibbet Hill Rd, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 024 765 22891.
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  • Steven Martin
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  • Roger Gadsby

Received 2 July 2009 ,Revised 1 March 2010 ,Accepted 9 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2010.03.001

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 85-89 , July 2010

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