No effect of season of birth on risk of type 1 diabetes, cancer, schizophrenia and ischemic heart disease, while some variations may be seen for pneumonia and multiple sclerosis

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 309-316

  Streym, Susanna Vio ^a   Rejnmark, Lars ^a   Mosekilde, Leif ^a   Vestergaard, Peter ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Myocardial infarction; Pneumonia; Schizophrenia; Type 1 diabetes; Vitamin d and multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTATE CANCER; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; WINTER;

EID: 84885149293     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/derm.22779     Document Type: Article

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