Organochlorine compounds and concentrations of thyroid stimulating hormone in newborns

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-303

  Ribas Fito N ^a   Sala, M ^a   Cardo, E ^a   Mazon C ^b   De Muga, M E ^a   Verdu A ^c   Marco, E ^d   Grimalt, J O ^d   Sunyer, J ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b Primary Health Care Center   (Spain)

^c Hospital Comarcal Mora d'Ebre   (Spain)

^d DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; THYROTROPIN; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD SERUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0037385249     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.4.301     Document Type: Article

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