title: Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: an etiologic model.
abstract: The etiology of Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) is reviewed and discussed using Rothman's deterministic model for causal inference. Intercontinental comparisons, familial aggregation, seasonal variation, maternal age, breast-feeding and infectious agents are reviewed within the context of IDDM causation. Genetic, viral and other environmental factors play a major role in this etiologic model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine and Rural Health, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks 58203.
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authors.lastname: Sumburèru
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011247:Pregnancy; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications