Association of inorganic arsenic exposure with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-184

  Wang, Weijing ^a   Xie, Zhutian ^a   Lin, Yan ^a   Zhang, Dongfeng ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOXICOLOGY; URINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; TOXICOLOGY;

ARSENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84894100499     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203114     Document Type: Article

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