Seasonal variation in the incidence of Type 1 diabetes mellitus during 1983 to 1992 in the countries around the Baltic Sea

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 736-743

  Padaiga, Z ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^b   Karvonen, M ^b   Dahlquist, G ^c   Podar, T ^d   Adojaan, B ^d   Urbonaite, B ^a   Zalinkevicius, R ^a   Brigis, G ^e   Virtala, E ^b   Kohtamaki K ^b   Cepaitis, Z ^b   Tuomilehto Wolf, E ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Children; Estonia; Finland; Incidence; Latvia; Lithuania; Seasonality; Sweden; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; CHILD; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MORBIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032886507     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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