[BOOK][B] Diabetes Mellitus: Report of a WHO Study Group [meeting held in Geneva from 11 to 16 February 1985]

World Health Organization - 1985 - apps.who.int
Diabetcs afflicts large numbers of people of all social conditions throughout the world. The
personal and public health problem of diabetes, already of vast proportions, continues to
grow despite of exciting advances in the past few years in virtually every field of diabetes
research and in patient care (eg, improved treatment, protection against complications,
increased self-care, and even primary prevention of some forms of diabetes). The main aims
of the Study Group were: to review the advanccs in the understanding of diabetes mellitus …