Temporal, seasonal, and geographical incidence patterns of Type I diabetes mellitus in children under 5 years of age in Germany

Diabetologia

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1055-1059

  Rosenbauer, J ^a   Herzig, P ^a   Von Kries, R ^b   Neu, A ^c   Giani, G ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Age and sex distribution; Epidemiology; Geographical variation; Incidence; Seasonality; Time trend; Type I diabetes mellitus in childhood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; WINTER;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032857507     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051270     Document Type: Article

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