Migrant populations and the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus: An overview of the literature with a focus on the Spanish-heritage countries in Latin America

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-132

  Serrano Rìos, Manuel ^a,c   Goday, Albert ^b   Larrad, Teresa Martìnez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Incidence; Mellitus (DM); Migrant populations; Spanish heritage study; Type 1 diabetes; Type 1 epidemiology

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; JAPAN; MIGRATION; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033020293     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-7560(199903/04)15:2<113::AID-DMRR25>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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