Exposure to persistent organic pollutants as potential risk factors for developing diabetes

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 980-994

  Wang, ChunXiang ^a   Xu, ShunQing ^a   Lv, ZiQuan ^a   Li, YuanYuan ^a   Wang, YouJie ^a   Chen, Tian ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Dioxins; Organochlorine pesticides; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

DIOXINS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOOD CHAIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDIRECT ASSOCIATION; INSULIN SIGNALING; INTRINSIC RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISMS; LIPOPHILIC PROPERTIES; NATURAL DEGRADATION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; POTENTIAL RISKS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS; TYPE-2 DIABETES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77953347705     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-010-0157-1     Document Type: Review

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