Research ArticleOriginal Research
Heterogeneity in Management of Diabetes Mellitus Among Latino Ethnic Subgroups in the United States
Arch G. Mainous, Vanessa A. Diaz, Sonia Saxena and Mark E. Geesey
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2007, 20 (6) 598-605; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.06.070115
Arch G. Mainous III
PhD
Vanessa A. Diaz
MD, MS
Sonia Saxena
MD
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Vol. 20, Issue 6
November-December 2007
Heterogeneity in Management of Diabetes Mellitus Among Latino Ethnic Subgroups in the United States
Arch G. Mainous, Vanessa A. Diaz, Sonia Saxena, Mark E. Geesey
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2007, 20 (6) 598-605; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.06.070115
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