Seasonality of month of birth of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus in homogenous and heterogeneous populations

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 381-384

  Laron, Zvi ^a,b   Lewy, Hadas ^b   Wilderman, Igor ^a,b   Casu, Anna ^c   Willis, Jinny ^d   Redondo, Maria Jose ^e   Libman, Ingrid ^f   White, Neil ^g   Craig, Maria ^h  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c San Michele Hospital   (Italy)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood onset diabetes mellitus; Seasonality of month of birth; Virus etiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; SEASONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 20844446320     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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