Open AccessPersistent Organic Pollutants and Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Analysis in the Nurses’ Health Study and Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Hongyu Wu,
Kimberly A. Bertrand,
Anna L. Choi,
Frank B. Hu,
Francine Laden,
Philippe Grandjean,
Qi Sun
Publication year - 2012
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.1205248
Subject(s) - type 2 diabetes , hexachlorobenzene , prospective cohort study , medicine , diabetes mellitus , odds ratio , nurses' health study , meta analysis , environmental health , endocrinology , pollutant , chemistry , organic chemistry
Prospective data regarding persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) are limited, and the results for individual POPs are not entirely consistent across studies.
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