Type 2 diabetes in South Asians: similarities and differences with white Caucasian and other populations

UP Gujral, R Pradeepa, MB Weber… - Annals of the New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
While all ethnic groups are affected, the prevalence of T2DM in South Asians, both in their …

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in South Asian region: a review

U Ali, JH Syed, RN Malik, A Katsoyiannis, J Li… - Science of the total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are semi volatile organic compounds of global concern.
During the last decades, their distribution, sources, transformation, toxicity and accumulation …

How synthetic biology can help bioremediation

EL Rylott, NC Bruce - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization reported that “an estimated 12.6 million people died
as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012, nearly 1 in 4 of total …

Diagnostic health risk assessment of electronic waste on the general population in developing countries' scenarios

C Frazzoli, OE Orisakwe, R Dragone… - Environmental Impact …, 2010 - Elsevier
E-waste is the generic name for technological waste. Even though aspects related to e-
waste environmental pollution and human exposure are known, scientific assessments are …

Toxic emissions from open burning

CR Estrellan, F Iino - Chemosphere, 2010 - Elsevier
This review compiled the data from recent actual and simulation studies on toxic emissions
from open burning and categorized into sources, broadly as biomass and anthropogenic …

Neurotoxic effects of perfluoroalkylated compounds: mechanisms of action and environmental relevance

E Mariussen - Archives of toxicology, 2012 - Springer
Perfluoroalkylated compounds (PFCs) are used in fire-fighting foams, treatment of clothes,
carpets and leather products, and as lubricants, pesticides, in paints and medicine. Recent …

Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the aquatic environment: implications for the drinking water …

MF Rahman, EK Yanful, SY Jasim - Journal of water and health, 2009 - iwaponline.com
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and pharmaceuticals and personal care products
(PPCPs) are a group of chemical compounds with diverse physical and chemical properties …

First report of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in coral tissues and the surrounding air-seawater system from the South China Sea: distribution, source, and …

Y Kang, R Zhang, K Yu, M Han, Y Wang, X Huang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The levels, fate, and potential sources of 22 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in coral
tissues and the surrounding air-seawater system from the South China Sea (SCS) were …

Pesticide pollution in agricultural areas of Northern Vietnam: Case study in Hoang Liet and Minh Dai communes

PM Hoai, Z Sebesvari, TB Minh, PH Viet… - Environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Soils and agricultural products from the Red River basin in Northern Vietnam were reported
to be contaminated by agrichemicals. To assess potential exposure of local farmers and …

Daily intake and human risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) based on Cambodian market basket data

HS Wang, S Sthiannopkao, J Du, ZJ Chen… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
To assess organochlorine pesticide (OCP) contaminations and its possible adverse health
impacts, different food samples were collected from three areas of Cambodia, one of the …