Clustering of childhood IDDM: Links with age and place of residence

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 753-756

  Law, Graham R ^a   McKinney, Patricia A ^a,e   Staines, Anthony ^a   Williams, Rhys ^a   Kelly, Mike ^a   Alexander, Freda ^b   Gilman, Estelle ^c   Bodansky, H Jonathan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e Paediatric Epidemiology Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0030985874     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.5.753     Document Type: Article

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