Incidence of IDDM in children living in Puerto Rico

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 744-746

  De Llado, Teresa E Frazer ^a   De Pijem, Lilliam Gonzalez ^b   Hawk, Barbara ^b  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PUERTO RICO; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031764654     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.5.744     Document Type: Article

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