Commentary: Environmental chemicals and diabetes: Which ones are we missing?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 248-250

  Kuo, Chin Chi ^a,b,c   Navas Acien, Ana ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; NICKEL;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; MALE; URINE;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICKEL;

EID: 84924578810     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv004     Document Type: Note

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