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Marine Food Pollutants as a Risk Factor for Hypoinsulinemia and Type 2 Diabetes
Author(s) -
Philippe Grandjean,
Jan Erik Henriksen,
Anna L. Choi,
Maria Skaalum Petersen,
Christine Dalgård,
Flemming Nielsen,
Pál Weihe
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e318212fab9
Subject(s) - type 2 diabetes , body mass index , medicine , population , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , insulin , type 2 diabetes mellitus , hemoglobin , physiology , environmental health
Some persistent environmental chemicals are suspected of causing an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, a disease particularly common after the age of 70. This concern was examined in a cross-sectional study of elderly subjects from a fishing population with elevated contaminant exposures from seafood species high in the food chain.

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