Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and incidence of diabetes in the Danish Nurse Cohort

Environment International

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 243-250

  Hansen, Anne Busch ^a   Ravnskjær, Line ^b   Loft, Steffen ^a   Andersen, Klaus Kaae ^b   Bräuner, Elvira Vaclavik ^a   Baastrup, Rikke ^c   Yao, Claire ^a   Ketzel, Matthias ^d   Becker, Thomas ^d   Brandt, Jørgen ^d   Hertel, Ole ^d   Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Diabetes; Fine particles; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CARDIOLOGY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NURSING; SMOKE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISPERSION MODELING; FINE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM2.5;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OBESITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URBANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

DENMARK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84961143963     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.02.036     Document Type: Article

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