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International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries
Published in: International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries 3/2015

01-09-2015 | Editorial

The Jumbo issue

Author: G. R. Sridhar

Published in: International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries | Issue 3/2015

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Regular readers of the Journal may be surprised by this issue: if not for anything, at least for its size. In a way, it can be considered a metaphor for the burgeoning burden of diabetes in developing countries. Diabetes is rolling over as a juggernaut; research is keeping pace; and it is being documented in diabetes journals worldwide. IJDDC has been no exception in this journey. Over the past few years, the number of accepted articles has far outstripped its slim issues coming out regularly. The long wait appears to be a universal occurrence [1]. To deal with the long list of online first manuscripts, the editorial team and the Society decided to bring them out in print. Future readers may still go online to access them, but a print journal has an obligation to print the accepted articles. Hence this tome; expect a couple more shortly, the latter covering specific themes. …
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Metadata
Title
The Jumbo issue
Author
G. R. Sridhar
Publication date
01-09-2015
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0973-3930
Electronic ISSN: 1998-3832
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-015-0442-9

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