Small area variation in the incidence of childhood insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Yorkshire, UK: Links with overcrowding and population density

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1307-1313

  Staines, A ^a,e   Bodansky, H J ^b   McKinney, P A ^c   Alexander, F E ^d   McNally, R J Q ^c   Law, G R ^c   Lilley, H E B ^c   Stephenson, C ^d   Cartwright, R A ^c  

^a NUFFIELD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN'S HEALTH; DIABETES INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING CONDITIONS; OVERCROWDING; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROWDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ENGLAND; HUMBERSIDE; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UK; WEST YORKSHIRE;

EID: 0031435150     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1307     Document Type: Article

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