High airborne PM2.5 chlorine concentrations link to diabetes surge in Portugal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5726-5734

  Reis, M A ^a   Carvalho, A ^b,c   Taborda, A ^a   Quaresma, A ^a   Dias, G ^a   Alves, L C ^a,d   Mota, M ^a   Chaves, P C ^a   Teixeira, R ^a   Rodrigues, P O ^e  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b ESTeSL   (Portugal)

^c Centro de Fisica da Materia Condensada   (Portugal)

^d CENTRO DE FÍSICA NUCLEAR DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Diabetes mellitus; Metabolic Syndrome; Organochlorine pesticides; PIXE; PM2.5 health impact

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLIC SYNDROME; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PIXE; PM2.5 HEALTH IMPACT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH; METABOLISM; PESTICIDES;

CHLORINE;

CHLORINE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BIOMONITORING; CHLORINE; DATABASE; DIABETES;

AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CHLORINE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70249130436     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.07.029     Document Type: Article

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