Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in native estonians and immigrants to estonia

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 1231-1236

  Podar, Toomas ^a   Tuomilehto wolf, Eva ^b   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^b   Laporte, Ronald E ^c   Adojaan, Bela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Endocrinology Center   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Ethnic groups; Incidence; Insulin dependent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USSR;

ADOLESCENT; BYELARUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN-DEPENDENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ESTONIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RUSSIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UKRAINE;

EID: 0026653696     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116229     Document Type: Article

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