Preventing insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: The environmental challenge

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 295, Issue 6596, 1987, Pages 479-481

  LaPorte, Ronald E ^a   Dorman, Janice S ^a   Orchard, Trevor J ^a   Becker, Dorothy J ^b   Drash, Allan L ^b   Tajima, Naoko ^c   Ekoe, Jean Marie ^d   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^e   Rewers, Marian ^f   Zimmet, Paul ^g   Karp, Moshe ^h   Mohan, Viswanathan ⁱ   Lee, Hong Kyu ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^g Beilinson Medical Centre ^*  (Australia)

^h RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^j Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0023193767     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.295.6596.479     Document Type: Article

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