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Diabetes mellitus and the armed forces

Department of Military Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, B29 6JD, UK, michael.world{at}uhb.nhs.uk, Department of Nephrology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK, Department of Renal Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK

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The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, Vol. 8, No. 2, 55-60 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/14746514080080020101


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