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Exposure To Persistent Organic Pollutants And Metabolic Diseases, Zafar Zayirovich Aminov
Exposure To Persistent Organic Pollutants And Metabolic Diseases, Zafar Zayirovich Aminov
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Background: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a group of diseases that tend to occur together, including diabetes, hypertension, central obesity, cardiovascular disease and hyperlipidemia. Exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been associated with increased risk of development of several of the components of the MetS.