High incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in Al-Madinah, North West Saudi Arabia (2004-2009)

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 676-681

  Habeb, Abdelhadi M ^a   Al Magamsi, Mohamed S F ^a   Halabi, Sabah ^b   Eid, Ihsan M ^a   Shalaby, Sheren ^c   Bakoush, Omran ^d  

^a Maternity and Children Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ohud Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epidemiology; Incidence; Saudi Arabia; T1DM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052292066     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2011.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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