Childhood Type 1 diabetes mellitus and parental occupations involving social mixing and infectious contacts: Two population-based case-control studies

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1025-1029

  Fear, Nicola ^c   McKinney, P A ^d   Patterson, C C ^a   Parslow, R C ^d   Bodansky, H J ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Case control study; Childhood Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Parental occupation; Social mixing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033380999     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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