Editorial

The Lancet, Volume 373, Issue 9677, Page 1735, 23 May 2009  doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60954-5

Diabetes—a global threat

The Lancet

This week The Lancet is publishing a special issue dedicated to diabetes—one of the greatest contributors to the global burden of disease. This themed issue, published in advance of the American Diabetes Association's scientific sessions in New Orleans on June 5—9, focuses on some of the major causes and most devastating complications of diabetes./.../
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