Exposure to environmental factors in drinking water: Risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes - the BABYDIAB Study

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 566-571

  Winkler, C ^a   Mollenhauer, U ^a   Hummel, S ^a   Bonifacio, E ^a   Zieglei, A C ^a,b  

^a Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR DIABETESFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Drinking water; Early life; Islets; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AUTOANTIBODY; DRINKING WATER; ELEMENT; IRON; MANGANESE; MINERAL; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER QUALITY;

ALUMINUM; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MANGANESE; NITRATES; NITRITES; ODDS RATIO; RISK; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 50249131503     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1073165     Document Type: Article

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