The changing face of the epidemiology of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM): research designs and models of disease causation.

doi:10.3109/07853899109148085

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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

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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 discu...

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Causality
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Epidemiologic Methods
Genetic Markers
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Research Design
Risk Factors

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