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Research Article

How to diagnose and classify diabetes in primary health care: Lessons learned from the Diabetes Register in Northern Sweden (DiabNorth)

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Pages 81-87 | Received 03 Feb 2011, Accepted 20 Mar 2012, Published online: 29 May 2012

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