Space-time clustering analyses of type 1 diabetes in children from north-east England: Support for an infectious aetiology?

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  McNally, Richard Jq ^a   Pollock, Raymond ^a   Court, Simon ^a   Begon, Mike ^c   Cheetham, Tim D ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX FACTORS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 73549086073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-S1-S14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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