Persistent organic pollutants as risk factors for type 2 diabetes

Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ngwa, Elvis Ndonwi ^a   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^b,c   Tiedeu Atogho, Barbara ^a   Mofo Mato, Edith Pascale ^a   Sobngwi, Eugene ^a,d  

^a Biotechnology Center Nkolbisson   (Cameroon)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

In utero exposure; Insulin resistance; Insulin secretion; Persistent organic pollutants; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939252478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17585996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13098-015-0031-6     Document Type: Review

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