Type 1 diabetes epidemic in Finland is triggered by zinc-containing amorphous silica nanoparticles

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 336-340

  Junnila, S K ^a  

^a Health Centre of The Town of Haapajärvi   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; DRINKING WATER; EPITOPE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; IA 2 PROTEIN; ICA 512; INSULIN; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZNT8 PROTEIN; COLLOID; POLLUTANT; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHILD; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; EPIDEMIC; FETUS LIVER; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHOCYTE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROOT VEGETABLE; SOIL; THYMUS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ENTEROVIRUS;

COLLOIDS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84923875651     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.01.021     Document Type: Article

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