Increasing incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in Montenegro from 1997 to 2006

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 412-416

  Samardzic, Mira ^a   Marinkovic, Jelena ^b   Kocev, Nikola ^b   Curovic, Natasa ^a   Terzic, Natasa ^c  

^a University Children's Hospital   (Montenegro)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Public Health of Montenegro   (Montenegro)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Montenegro; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); ONSET AGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MONTENEGRO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77956128422     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2009.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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