Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 215-221 , December 2011

Changing the odds. What do we learn from prevention studies targeted at people with a positive family history of type 2 diabetes?

  • Wieke H. Heideman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Centre, PO Box 7059, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 4445682; fax: +31 20 4448230.
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  • Barend J.C. Middelkoop

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Vera Nierkens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Karien Stronks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Arnoud P. Verhoeff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Documentation and Health Promotion, Amsterdam Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Suzanne C.M. van Esch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Frank J. Snoek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 1 April 2011 ,Revised 6 June 2011 ,Accepted 6 June 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2011.06.004

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 215-221 , December 2011

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