A preliminary assessment of low level arsenic exposure and diabetes mellitus in Cyprus

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Makris, Konstantinos C ^a   Christophi, Costas A ^a   Paisi, Martha ^a   Ettinger, Adrienne S ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Diabetes; Drinking water; Endocrine; Environmental health; Exposure

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; CYPRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860621738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-334     Document Type: Article

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