Associations between organochlorine pesticides and vitamin D deficiency in the U.S. population.

Recently low dose organochlorine (OC) pesticides have been strongly linked to various chronic diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Both field and animal studies have suggested a possibility that persistent lipophilic chemicals like OC pesticides can cause vitamin D deficiency, bu...

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Main Authors: Jin-Hoon Yang, Yu-Mi Lee, Sang-Geun Bae, David R Jacobs, Duk-Hee Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3266254?pdf=render