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[Environmental causes of type 1 diabetes].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 20 Sept 2007
Rønningen Kjersti Skjold, Stene Lars Chr, Rasmussen Trond, Wetlesen Turid, Magnus Per
Abstract excerpt
Norway is among the countries with the highest prevalence of type 1-diabetes, and the incidence is increasing. Both environmental- and genetic factors contribute to development of the disease; but no environmental risk factor for type 1-diabetes has been identified, and it is therefore difficult to prevent the disease. In the prospective research study MIDIA (Norwegian acronym for Environmental triggers of type...
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