Incidence trends of childhood type 1 diabetes in eastern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-418

  Abduljabbar, Mohammad A ^a   Aljubeh, Jamal M ^b   Amalraj, Antony ^a   Cherian, Mathew P ^b  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77956018573     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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