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Anthropometric Thresholds for Type 2 Diabetes Risk Different for Asians, Whites
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Title Anthropometric Thresholds for Type 2 Diabetes Risk Different for Asians, Whites
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/568136?src=rss
Description Currently recommended waist circumference thresholds should be modified to optimize the discrimination of type 2 diabetes in Asian and white women and men, results of a study suggest. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Date Jan 3, 2008
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