The Incidence of IDDM in Singapore Children

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 359-362

  Lee, W W R ^a   Ooi, B C ^a   Thai, A C ^b   Loke, K Y ^b   Tan, Y T ^c   Rajan, U ^d   Tan, C L ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d College of Medicine Building ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Children; IDDM; Incidence; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032147827     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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