Low levels of arsenic in drinking water and type 2 diabetes in Middle Banat region, Serbia

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-55

  Jovanovic, Dragana ^a   Rasic Milutinovic, Zorica ^b   Paunovic, Katarina ^c   Jakovljevic, Branko ^c   Plavsic, Snezana ^a   Milosevic, Jelena ^d  

^a Institute of Public Health of Serbia Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut   (Serbia)

^b University Hospital Zemun   (Serbia)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Serbia)

^d Primary Care Center 'Dijagnostika'   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Diabetes mellitus; Drinking water; Type 2; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REGISTER; SERBIA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; ARSENIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SERBIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84870236279     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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