Epidemiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus among Arab children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 911-917

  Abdullah, Mohamed A ^a  

^a SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; CLIMATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNET; JORDAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NUTRITION; OMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; QATAR; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; MIDDLE EAST;

ARABS; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE;

EID: 22544441603     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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