Prevalence of metabolic syndrome associated with body burden levels of dioxin and related compounds among Japan's general population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 568-573

  Uemura, Hirokazu ^a   Arisawa, Kokichi ^a,b   Hiyoshi, Mineyoshi ^a   Kitayama, Atsushi ^a   Takami, Hidenobu ^a   Sewachika, Fusakazu ^a   Dakeshita, Satoru ^a   Nii, Kentaro ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^b   Sumiyoshi, Yoshio ^b   Morinaga, Kenji ^b   Kodama, Kazunori ^b   Suzuki, Taka Ichiro ^b   Nagai, Masaki ^b   Suzuki, Tsuguyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b The Study Group on the Accumulation of Dioxins in Humans   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Dioxins; Metabolic syndrome; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENZOFURANS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREVALENCE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049117066     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800012     Document Type: Article

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