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Diabetes care for the elderly: still room for improvement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Colin Jenkins
Colin Jenkins
Affiliation:
Senior Registrar in Geriatric Medicine Age Care, General Hospital, Hereford HR1 2PA, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 1 - 2
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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