Outwitting the temporalities of ‘control’ for Type 2 diabetes in urban India

Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars by Oxford University

Apr 30, 202435:45Science & Medicine

Pallavi Laxmikanth speaks about her PhD research examining understandings and practises of diabetes management in middle class communities in Hyderabad’s High-Tech City.

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