Roles of Environmental Pollution and Pesticides in Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes: The Epidemiological Evidence

Nutritional and Therapeutic Interventions for Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 111-124

  Frithsen, Ivar L ^a   Everett, Charles J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84866037155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385083-6.00009-7     Document Type: Chapter

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