Polychlorinated biphenyls and the thyroid gland - minireview

Endocrine Regulations

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 193-203

  Langer, P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIANT AGENT; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROXYLATION; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 0031741333     PISSN: 12100668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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