Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 366-375 , June 2010

Alcohol and type 2 diabetes. A review

Received 10 December 2009 ,Revised 31 March 2010 ,Accepted 2 May 2010.

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Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 366-375 , June 2010

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