Rising incidence of type 1 diabetes in Scottish children, 1984-93

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 210-213

  Rangasami, Jayanti J ^a   Greenwood, Darren C ^b   McSporran, Brenda ^c   Smail, Peter J ^c   Patterson, Chris C ^d   Waugh, Norman R ^e  

^a WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e Public Health Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental triggers; Genetic susceptibility; Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030756392     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.3.210     Document Type: Article

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