Trends in Type1 diabetes incidence in the UK in 0- to 14-year-olds and in 15- to 34-year-olds, 1991-2008

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 811-814

  Imkampe, A K ^a   Gulliford, M C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incidence; Seasonality; Trends; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER; AGE; ONSET AGE; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958791286     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03288.x     Document Type: Article

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