Was there an epidemic of diabetes in nonwhite adolescents in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1278-1281

  Libman, Ingrid M ^a,b   LaPorte, Ronald E ^a   Becker, Dorothy ^b   Dorman, Janice S ^a   Drash, Allan L ^b   Kuller, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031904540     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.8.1278     Document Type: Article

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