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Volume 123, Issue 12 , Pages 782-786 , December 2009

Reversed gender distribution of diabetes in Northern Canada

  • Y. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 613 562 5800x8287; fax: +1 613 562 5465.
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  • S. Wright

      Affiliations

    • Insured Health and Hearing Services, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
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  • R. Westfall

      Affiliations

    • Yukon Bureau of Statistics, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 28 September 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.10.016

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