Very high and increasing incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 9, Issue 3 PART 2, 2008, Pages 62-68

  Newhook, Leigh Anne ^a,b   Grant, M ^b   Sloka, A ^a   Hoque, A ^a   Paterson, A D ^c   Hagerty, D ^b   Curtis, J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b New Janeway Childrens Health and Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Epidemiology; Incidence; NL; T1DM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAMPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44649199335     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2007.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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