Elevated levels of organochlorine pesticides in South Asian immigrants are associated with an increased risk of diabetes

• Main Authors: Elliott, Paul, Kooner, Jaspal, Macherone, Anthony, McMullin, Matthew, Zhang, Luoping, Chambers, John Campbell, Sanchez, Sylvia S., La Merrill, Michele A., Hubbard, Alan E., Smith, Martyn T., Daniels, Sarah I.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Science::Medicine
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87452; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49883
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Objective: Rates of diabetes mellitus are higher in South Asians than in other populations and persist after migration. One unexplored cause may be higher exposure to persistent organic pollutants associated with diabetes in other populations. We compared organochlorine (OC) pesticide concentrations...