Comparison of the seasonal pattern in the clinical onset of IDDM in Finland and Sardinia

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1101-1109

  Karvonen, Marjatta ^a   Jänttl, Vlrva ^a   Muntoni, Sandro ^b   Stabilini, Marco ^b   Stabilini, Liliana ^b   Muntoni, Sergio ^b   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b MEDICO Association   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031818062     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.7.1101     Document Type: Article

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