Cadmium exposure and incidence of diabetes mellitus - results from the malmö diet and cancer study.

Summary, in English

Cadmium is a pollutant with multiple adverse health effects: renal dysfunction, osteoporosis and fractures, cancer, and probably cardiovascular disease. Some studies have reported associations between cadmium and impaired fasting glucose and diabetes. However, this relationship is controversial and there is a lack of longitudinal studies.

• Författare: Yan Borné; Björn Fagerberg; Margaretha Persson; Gerd Sallsten; Niklas Forsgard; Bo Hedblad; Lars Barregard; Gunnar Engström
• Avdelning/ar: Kardiovaskulär forskning - epidemiologi; Internmedicin - epidemiologi; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publiceringsår: 2014
• Språk: Engelska
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: PLoS ONE
• Volym: 9
• Issue: 11
• Fulltext: - 184 kB; Download statistics
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25393737?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112277
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Ämne: Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems; Other Clinical Medicine
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Cardiovascular Research - Epidemiology; Internal Medicine - Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1932-6203