Relationship between serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and metabolic syndrome among non-diabetic adults

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Park, Sun Kyun ^a,b   Son, Hyo Kyung ^a,c   Lee, Sung Kook ^a   Kang, Jung Ho ^d   Chang, Yoon Seok ^d   Jacobs Jr , David R ^e,f   Lee, Duk Hee ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Daegu Gyeongbuk Cardiocerebrovascular Center   (South Korea)

^c CHA University   (South Korea)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental pollutants; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome X; Obesity; Organochlorine compounds; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; GLUCOSE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; INSULIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES;

EID: 77953675715     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2010.43.1.1     Document Type: Article

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