Seasonality of birth of patients with childhood diabetes in Britain

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7044, 1996, Pages 1456-1457

  Rothwell, P M ^a   Staines, A ^b   Smail, P ^c   Wadsworth, E ^d   McKinney, P ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d St Michael's Hill   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029895105     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7044.1456     Document Type: Article

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