The rise of childhood type 1 diabetes in the 20th century

Diabetes

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3353-3361

  Gale, Edwin A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0036897063     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.12.3353     Document Type: Review

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