Does arsenic exposure increase the risk for diabetes mellitus?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-67

  Chiu, Hui Fen ^a   Chang, Chih Ching ^b   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^c   Yang, Chun Yuh ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CALCULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33644834372     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000184854.75053.03     Document Type: Article

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