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The changing face of the epidemiology of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM): research designs and models of disease causation.
Annals of medicine - 1 Oct 1991
Rewers M
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiology can be broadly defined as the study of the cause and distribution of diseases in human populations. This review is concerned with the role of epidemiology in elucidating the cause of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Methodological aspects of epidemiologic studies are discussed including study designs and their limitations. Markers of genetic susceptibility to IDDM are examined in terms of...
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