Zinc and other metals deficiencies and risk of type 1 diabetes: An ecological study in the high risk Sardinia Island

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Valera, Paolo ^a   Zavattari, Patrizia ^a   Sanna, Alessandro ^a   Pretti, Salvatore ^a   Marcello, Alberto ^a   Mannu, Carla ^b   Targhetta, Clara ^b   Bruno, Graziella ^c   Songini, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b San Michele Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARDINIA ISLAND; SEDIMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STREAM (RIVER); ZINC DEFICIENCY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLANDS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 84955439498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141262     Document Type: Article

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