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Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary. Office of Public Health and Science. HHS Announces Funds for Diabetes Prevention Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth. [Press release.] December 10, 2002. http://www.omhrc.gov/omhrc/pressreleases/2002press1210a.htm Accessed July 23, 2004.

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National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)    http://ndep.nih.gov
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

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