Urban environment as an independent predictor of insulin resistance in a South Asian population

Abstract Background Developing countries, such as India, are experiencing rapid urbanization, which may have a major impact on the environment: including worsening air and water quality, noise and the problems of waste disposal. We used health data from an ongoing cohort study based in southern Indi...

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Main Authors: Mohan Thanikachalam, Christina H. Fuller, Kevin J. Lane, Jahnavi Sunderarajan, Vijayakumar Harivanzan, Doug Brugge, Sadagopan Thanikachalam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-019-0169-9