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SMELTING-INDUSTRY
ARSENIC-EXPOSURE
DIABETES

DIABETES MELLITUS AND ARSENIC EXPOSURE: A SECOND LOOK AT CASE-CONTROL DATA FROM A SWEDISH COPPER SMELTER

Data from a previous study on arsenic exposure and mortality at a copper smelter in Sweden were reexamined to investigate a possible association between diabetes mellitus and arsenic exposure. Death records for the years 1960 to 1976 in a parish in northern Sweden were used as the source of data. The authors conclude that the findings of this study provide some support for the suggestion that arsenic exposure could be an important factor in the development of diabetes mellitus.

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 52(11):773-774, 1995. (6 references)

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