Low zinc in drinking water is associated with the risk of type 1 diabetes in children

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 12, Issue 3 PART 1, 2011, Pages 156-164

  Samuelsson, Ulf ^a   Oikarinen, Sami ^b   Hyöty, Heikki ^b   Ludvigsson, Johnny ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Enterovirus; Environmental factors; Incidence; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IRON; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; TAP WATER; VIRUS RNA; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; NITRATES; NITRITES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; WATER; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

EID: 79955408432     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2010.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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