Serum dioxin level in relation to diabetes mellitus among air force veterans with background levels of exposure

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-48

  Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   Michalek, Joel E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Diabetes mellitus; Dioxin; Environmental exposures; Gender; Glucose metabolism; Insulin levels; Occupations

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0033989939     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200001000-00010     Document Type: Article

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