Higher incidence of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus in remote areas: A UK regional small-area analysis

Diabetologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2074-2077

  Cardwell, C R ^a   Carson, D J ^a   Patterson, C C ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Risk factors; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORTHERN IRELAND; POPULATION DENSITY; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746765691     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0342-0     Document Type: Article

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