Type 1 diabetes mellitus in children in Papua New Guinea

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 96-100

  Ogle, G D ^a,c   Lesley, J ^a   Sine, P ^a   Mcmaster, P ^b  

^a HOPE Worldwide   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^c HOPE Worldwide (Australia)   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035468322     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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