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sis in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, for the period from 1 January 1990 to 31 ... CONCLUSIONS — For the first time in the Allegheny County registry, and in ...
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Was There an Epidemic of Diabetes in Nonwhite Adolescents in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania? INGR1D M . LlBMAN, MD, PHD RONALD E. LAPORTE, PHD DOROTHY BECKER, MBBCH, FCP

JANICE S. DORMAN, PHD ALLAN L. DRASH, MD LEWIS KULLER, MD, DRPH

OBJECTIVE — To determine the incidence of IDDM in children aged