Low Dose of Some Persistent Organic Pollutants Predicts Type 2 Diabetes: A Nested Case–Control Study
Author(s) -
DukHee Lee,
Michael W. Steffes,
Andreas Sjödin,
Richard S. Jones,
Larry L. Needham,
David R. Jacobs
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901480
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , quartile , medicine , polychlorinated biphenyl , odds ratio , body mass index , cohort , environmental health , endocrinology , confidence interval , environmental chemistry , chemistry , population
Low doses of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) associate cross-sectionally with type 2 diabetes, whereas associations with high POP exposures are inconsistent.
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