Birth order and childhood type 1 diabetes risk: A pooled analysis of 31 observational studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 363-374

  Cardwell, Chris R ^a   Stene, Lars C ^b,c   Joner, Geir ^d   Bulsara, Max K ^e,f   Cinek, Ondrej ^g   Rosenbauer, Joachim ^h   Ludvigsson, Johnny ⁱ   Svensson, Jannet ^j   Goldacre, Michael J ^k   Waldhoer, Thomas ^l   Jarosz Chobot, Przemystawa ^m   Gimeno, Suely GA ⁿ   Chuang, Lee Ming ^o   Roberts, Christine L ^p   Parslow, Roger C ^q   Wadsworth, Emma JK ^r   Chetwynd, Amanda ^s   Brigis, Girts ^t   Urbonaite, Brone ^u   Šipetić, Sandra ^v   Schober, Edith ^l   Devoti, Gabriele ^w   Ionescu Tirgoviste, Constantin ^x   de Beaufort, Carine E ^y   Stoyanov, Denka ^z   Buschard, Karsten ^aa   Radon, Katja ^ab   Glatthaar, Christopher ^ac   Patterson, Chris C ^a   more..

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^g CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^h HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^m MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

ⁿ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^o NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^r CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^s LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^t RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^u KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^v UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^w UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^x Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases 'N Paulescu'   (Romania)

^y Clinique Pédiatrique Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^z Children's Diabetic Centre Sofia   (Bulgaria)

^aa Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^ab LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ac SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Birth order; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Meta analysis; Type 1

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; META-ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL AGE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

BIRTH ORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 79953723753     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq207     Document Type: Article

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