Incidence of childhood diabetes mellitus in Yorkshire, northern England, is associated with nitrate in drinking water: An ecological analysis

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 550-556

  Parslow, R C ^a   McKinney, P A ^a   Law, G R ^a   Staines, A ^b   Williams, R ^b   Bodansky, H J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aetiology; childhood epidemiology; insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; nitrate; water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030940140     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050714     Document Type: Article

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