Geographical mapping of childhood diabetes in the northern English County of Yorkshire

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 734-740

  McKinney, P A ^a   Law, G R ^a   Bodansky, H J ^b   Staines, A ^a   Williams, D R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Childhood; Epidemiology; IDDM; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT;

EID: 0029900795     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199608)13:8<734::AID-DIA154>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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