High incidence of Childhood Type 1 Diabetes in the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 885-888

  Newhook, Leigh Anne ^a,d   Curtis, Joseph ^a   Hagerty, Donna ^b   Grant, Marie ^b   Paterson, Andrew D ^c   Crummel, Cheryl ^b   Bridger, Tracey ^a   Parfrey, Atrick ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Health Care Corporation of St John's   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d New Janeway Childrens Health and Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1842538099     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.4.885     Document Type: Article

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