Childhood diabetes in China: Enormous variation by place and ethnic group

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 525-529

  Yang, Ze ^a,c   Wang, Kean ^a   Tianlin, L I ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Li, Yurui ^a   Chang, Yue Fang ^b   Dorman, Janice S ^b   LaPorte, Ronald E ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

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

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; REGISTRIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031944357     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.4.525     Document Type: Article

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