Evidence of a relationship between childhood-onset type I diabetes and low groundwater concentration of zinc

Diabetes Care

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 873-875

  Haglund, Bengt ^a   Ryckenberg, Katarina ^b   Selinus, Olle ^d   Dahlquist, Gisela ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Umeå University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0029825075     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.19.8.873     Document Type: Article

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