Organotin poisoning may cause obesity, medics say

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 09:10 in Health & Medicine

RUDN medics report that exposure to organotin compounds may cause metabolic disturbance and therefore lead to obesity. Being aware of the mechanisms of such exposure, doctors can neutralize the effect of the toxins. The work was published in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.

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