Associations among organochlorine pesticides, Methanobacteriales, and obesity in Korean women.

BACKGROUND: Although Methanobacteriales in the gut has recently been linked to obesity, no study has examined the hypothesis that waist circumference, a marker of visceral obesity, are positively associated with Methanobacteriales in the general population. Since Methanobacteriales increase in a pet...

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Main Authors: Hae-Sook Lee, Je-Chul Lee, In-Kyu Lee, Hyo-Bang Moon, Yoon-Seok Chang, David R Jacobs, Duk-Hee Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3219687?pdf=render