Role of environmental chemicals in diabetes and obesity: A national toxicology program workshop review

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 779-789

  Thayer, Kristina A ^a   Heindel, Jerrold J ^b   Bucher, John R ^c   Gallo, Michael A ^d  

^a Office of Health Assessment and Translation   (United States)

^b Office of Health Assessment and Translation   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Diabetes; Environment; Epidemiology; Glucose; In vitro; Insulin; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Pollution

Indexed keywords

1, 1 DICHLORO 2, 2 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) ETHANE; 1, 1 DICHLORO 2, 2 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) ETHYLENE; 4, 4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ARSENIC; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; IMIDAZOLE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NICOTINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS (2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; SULFONYLUREA; TRIBUTYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIPID DIET; MATERNAL SMOKING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORKSHOP;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OBESITY; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862017941     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104597     Document Type: Review

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