Epidemiology of childhood IDBM in Northern Ireland 1989-1994: Low incidence in areas with highest population density and most household crowding

Diabetologia

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1063-1069

  Patterson, C C ^a   Carson, D J ^a   Hadden, D R ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epidemiology; Incidence; Material deprivation; Overcrowding; Population density; Space time clustering; Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROWDING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRELAND; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOUSING; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; POPULATION DENSITY; REGISTRIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85047679926     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00400655     Document Type: Article

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