Ethnic differences in incidence of type 1 diabetes among second-generation immigrants and adoptees from abroad

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 847-850

  Ji, Jianguang ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^b,c   Sundquist, Jan ^a,d   Sundquist, Kristina ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILE; EASTERN EUROPE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FINLAND; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SWEDEN; USSR;

EID: 76149138455     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1818     Document Type: Article

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