The Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes in Children

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 679-694

  Stanescu, Diana E ^a   Lord, Katherine ^a   Lipman, Terri H ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Incidence; Prevalence; Risk factors; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; BIOSTATISTICS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NEGRO; ONSET AGE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMACLONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867955824     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: 15584410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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