Methylmercury exposure and incident diabetes in U.S. men and women in two prospective cohorts

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3578-3584

  Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a,b   Shi, Peilin ^b   Morris, J Steven ^c   Grandjean, Philippe ^b   Siscovick, David S ^d   Spiegelman, Donna ^b   Hu, Frank B ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84891851165     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-0894     Document Type: Review

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