Effects of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on thyroid function in infants born in Japan - The second report from research on environmental health

Chemosphere

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1167-1171

  Matsuura, Nobuo ^a   Uchiyama, Tomoaki ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^b   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^c   Kondo, Naomi ^d   Morita, Masatoshi ^e   Fukushi, Masaru ^f  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^f Institutes for Public Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Dioxins; PCBs; TEQ; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH CARE; HORMONES;

FILTER PAPER;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DIOXIN; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

DIOXIN; HEALTH IMPACT; PCB;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUERPERIUM; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034793035     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(01)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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