Lack of seasonality in the month of onset of childhood IDDM (0.7-15 years) in Shanghai, China

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 461-464

  Ye, J ^a   Chen, R G ^a   Ashkenazi, I ^b   Laron, Z ^b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031868698     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.1998.11.3.461     Document Type: Article

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