Poisson regression modeling of temporal variation in incidence of childhood insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in allegheny county, pennsylvania, and wielkopolska, poland, 1970–1985

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 569-581

  Rewers, Marian ^a,b   Stone, Roslyn A ^c   Laporte, Ronald E ^b   Drash, Allan L ^c   Becker, Dorothy J ^c   Walczak, Mieczysław ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Insulin dependent; Statistics; Time factors

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN-DEPENDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; POLAND; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024564969     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115169     Document Type: Article

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