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Smoking Linked to Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
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Title Smoking Linked to Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567271?src=rss
Description A meta-analysis suggests that active smoking is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes; future research should help determine whether this association is causal. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Family Medicine
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Date Dec 12, 2007
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