Rising incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Cyprus in 2000-2004

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 374-376

  Toumba, Meropi ^a   Savva, Savvas C ^b   Bacopoulou, Ioanna ^a   Apsiotou, Theonitsa ^a   Georgiou, Theognosia ^a   Stavrou, Stavros ^a   Skordis, Nicos ^a  

^a Archbishop Makarios III Hospital   (Cyprus)

^b Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; T1DM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYPRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYPRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONS;

EID: 36448938707     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2007.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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