Persistent organic pollutants and type 2 diabetes: A prospective analysis in the nurses' health study and meta-analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-161

  Wu, Hongyu ^a   Bertrand, Kimberly A ^a,b   Choi, Anna L ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Laden, Francine ^a,b   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,c   Sun, Qi ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DDE; DDT; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; HCB; Hexachlorobenzene; PCB; Persistent organic pollutant; Polychlorinated biphenyl; POP; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK; STAFF NURSE;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84873393514     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205248     Document Type: Review

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