Incidence and trends of childhood Type 1 diabetes in Croatia from 1995 to 2003

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-127

  Stipancic, G ^a   La Grasta Sabolic, L ^a   Malenica, M ^a   Radica, A ^b   Skrabic, V ^c   Tiljak, M Kujundzic ^d  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Children; Croatia; Incidence; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROATIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 40849098903     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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