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Increased prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a rural Greek population.
Rural and remote health - 1 Jan 2000
Melidonis Andrew M, Tournis Symeon M, Kompoti Maria K, Lentzas Ioannis L, Roussou Valentina R, Iraklianou Stella L, Michail Ioanna M, Mariolis Anargiros M
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INTRODUCTION: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming a modern epidemic due to the high prevalence of obesity and physical inactivity. Previous studies in Greece in urban and mixed urban and rural populations, reported a prevalence of DM of less than 3%. However data concerning the prevalence of DM in exclusively rural areas of Greece are lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of DM in a...
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