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Risk of Incident Diabetes in Relation to Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter in Ontario, Canada
Author(s) -
Hong Chen,
Richard T. Burnett,
Jeffrey C. Kwong,
Paul J. Villeneuve,
Mark S. Goldberg,
Robert D. Brook,
Aaron van Donkelaar,
Michael Jerrett,
Randall V. Martin,
Jeffrey R. Brook,
Ray Copes
Publication year - 2013
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.1205958
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , body mass index , type 2 diabetes , cohort study , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , population , epidemiology , environmental health , cohort , demography , gerontology , confidence interval , endocrinology , sociology
Laboratory studies suggest that fine particulate matter (≤ 2.5 µm in diameter; PM(2.5)) can activate pathophysiological responses that may induce insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, epidemiological evidence relating PM2.5 and diabetes is sparse, particularly for incident diabetes.

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