A six-fold gradient in the incidence of type 1 diabetes at the eastern border of Finland

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-72

  Kondrashova, Anita ^a,b,c   Reunanen, Antti ^d   Romanov, Anatolij ^b   Karvonen, Aino ^c   Viskari, Hanna ^a,c   Vesikari, Timo ^c   Ilonen, Jorma ^a,e   Knip, Mikael ^a,f,g   Hyöty, Heikki ^a,c,f  

^a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International   (United States)

^b PETROZAVODSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environment; Finland; HLA genes; Incidence; Russia; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 14844299867     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 16512219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890410018952     Document Type: Article

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