Relationships between exposure to polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides and the risk for developing type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of exposures to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 814-845

  Henley, Phaedra ^a,b   Hill, Julie ^a,b   Moretti, Myla E ^c   Jahedmotlagh, Zahra ^a,b   Schoeman, Katherine ^a,b   Koren, Gideon ^a,b,c   Bend, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

diabetes; dioxin; Naranjo score; organochlorine pesticides; polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons; systematic review

Indexed keywords

2 ,3 ,7 ,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS; CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUPS; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HUMAN STUDY; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS; NARANJO SCORE; OC PESTICIDES; ODDS RATIOS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT PESTICIDES; SAMPLE SIZES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TYPE-2 DIABETES;

CHEMISTRY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUTAGENESIS;

PESTICIDES;

DIABETES; DIOXIN; HYDROCARBON; META-ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84861488388     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.680276     Document Type: Review

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