Blood mercury and insulin resistance in nondiabetic Koreans (KNHANES 2008–2010)

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 944-950

  Kim, Kyu Nam ^a   Park, Soo Jung ^a   Choi, Beomhee ^b   Joo, Nam Seok ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Environment; Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Korean; Mercury

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MERCURY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; INSULIN;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; ODDS RATIO; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84931086551     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2015.56.4.944     Document Type: Article

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