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Oral cortisone glucose tolerance tests were performed in 66 CS2-exposed workers and in 66 individually matched control subjects. Results indicate a higher and significant (p<0.001) prevalence of latent diabetes in the CS2-exposed group (72.7%) as compared with the control group (16.7%), and the existence of a positive and significant (p<0.001) correlation between blood glucose values and exposure index. Possible mechanisms of action involving zinc metabolism and pyridoxine metabolism are discussed.
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Candura, F., Franco, G., Malamani, T. et al. Altered glucose tolerance in carbon disulfiede exposed workers. Acta diabet. lat 16, 259–263 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02629120
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