Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Diabetes: Australian facts, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 March 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). Diabetes: Australian facts. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/diabetes/diabetes
Diabetes: Australian facts. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 09 February 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/diabetes/diabetes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Diabetes: Australian facts [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2023 [cited 2023 Mar. 30]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/diabetes/diabetes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2023, Diabetes: Australian facts, viewed 30 March 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/diabetes/diabetes
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