Cadmium exposure and incidence of diabetes mellitus--results from the Malmö Diet and Cancer study.

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...

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Main Authors: Yan Borné, Björn Fagerberg, Margaretha Persson, Gerd Sallsten, Niklas Forsgard, Bo Hedblad, Lars Barregard, Gunnar Engström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4230984?pdf=render