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Dates to diarise
Date
Event
Place
Contact
4–6 November 2010 8th annual world congress on insulin resis-
tance, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Los Angeles, USA
13–17 November 2010 American Heart Association
Chicago, Illinois, USA
8–11 December 2010 EUROECHO
Copenhagen, Denmark
/
9–11 December 2010 Heart, Vessels & Diabetes – the European
conference
Lisbon, Portugal
