Obesity and persistent organic pollutants: Possible obesogenic effect of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-714

  Dirinck, Eveline ^a   Jorens, Philippe G ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^b   Geens, Tinne ^b   Roosens, Laurence ^b   Neels, Hugo ^b   Mertens, Ilse ^a   Van Gaal, Luc ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; INSULIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 138; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 153; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 170; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINDANE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953205215     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.133     Document Type: Article

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