DDT and its metabolites are linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes among Saudi adults: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 379-386

  Al Othman, Abdulaziz A ^a,b   Abd Alrahman, Sherif H ^b,c   Al Daghri, Nasser M ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Diabetes; Environmental pollution; OCPs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DDT; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

SAUDI ARABIA;

CHLORPHENOTANE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SAUDI ARABIA; TOXICITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DDT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84930816140     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3371-0     Document Type: Article

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