Nitrate in community water supplies and risk of childhood type 1 diabetes in Sardinia, Italy

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-247

  Muntoni, Sandro ^a,b   Cocco, Pierluigi ^a   Muntoni, Sergio ^b   Aru, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b MEDICO Association   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood type 1 diabetes; Drinking water; Ecology; Environmental epidemiology; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; NITRATES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33645099142     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-0014-x     Document Type: Article

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