A case-control study of environmental factors associated with diabetes in the under 5s

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 390-396

  Wadsworth, E J K ^a   Shield, J P H ^a   Hunt, L P ^a   Baum, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diabetes in very young children; environmental risk factors in diabetes pathogenesis; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030961277     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199705)14:5<390::AID-DIA364>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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