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. 2015 Mar;6(2):109-11.
doi: 10.1111/jdi.12318.

New risk factors for obesity and diabetes: Environmental chemicals

Ja Young Jeon  1 , Kyoung Hwa Ha  2 , Dae Jung Kim  3
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New risk factors for obesity and diabetes: Environmental chemicals

Ja Young Jeon et al. J Diabetes Investig. 2015 Mar.
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Risk factors for diabetes. Environmental chemicals have contaminated the air, water and soil that are chronically exposed to people. These are considered to be the new risk factors for diabetes, and affect the pathogenesis of diabetes with traditional risk factors. As, arsenic; BPA, bisphenol A; Cd, cadmium; Hg, mercury; POPs, persistent organic pollutants.
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