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The Maycoba Project focuses on the etiology of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity in Mexican Pima Indians.
Practitioners may gain insights into T2D and obesity in this specific population.
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This study may yield important information on T2D and obesity etiology in a traditional population exposed to environmental changes.
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Study Design of the Maycoba Project: Obesity and Diabetes in Mexican Pimas
René Urquídez-Romero et al. · American Journal of Health Behavior · 2014
DOI 10.5993/ajhb.38.3.6
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