Associations of dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs with diabetes and pre-diabetes: Is the toxic equivalency approach useful?

Environmental Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 107-111

  Everett, Charles J ^a   Thompson, Olivia M ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b College of Charleston   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Dioxins; Furans; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pre diabetes

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 OCTACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 OCTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,4,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 1,2,3,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 1,2,3,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,7,8,9 HEXACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 1,2,3,7,8,9 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,3',4,4' PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,3',4,4',5 HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,3',4,4',5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,4,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,4,4',5 TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; DIABETES; DIOXIN; FURAN; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; PCB; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIOXINS; FURANS; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREDIABETIC STATE;

EID: 84866044898     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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