Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and type 2 diabetes prevalence in a cross-sectional screening-study in the Netherlands

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Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and type 2 diabetes prevalence in a cross-sectional screening-study in the Netherlands [1]

Air pollution may promote type 2 diabetes by increasing adipose inflammation and insulin resistance. This study examined the relation between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and type 2 diabetes prevalence among 50- to 75-year-old subjects living in Westfriesland, the Netherlands.

Publication Date:

01/09/2011

Author(s): Marieke BA Dijkema [2], Sanne F Mallant [3], Ulrike Gehring & et al [4]

Source: Environmental Health [5]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/long-term-exposure-traffic-related-air-pollution-and-type-2-diabetes-prevalence

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/marieke-ba-dijkema
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sanne-f-mallant
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ulrike-gehring-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-health
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diabetes
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/netherlands
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution