Evaluation of a mobile diabetes care telemedicine clinic serving Aboriginal communities in northern British Columbia, Canada

Andrew J. JinEpidemiology consultant, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]

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David MartinPacific Region, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada

David MaberleyDept. of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Canada

Keith G. DawsonDivision of Endocrinology, Dept. of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada

David W. SeccombeCanadian External Quality Assessment Laboratory, Vancouver, Canada

Joyce BeattieFirst Nations Summit Society, Vancouver, Canada

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