Exploring associations between serum levels of select organochlorines and thyroxine in a sample of New York state sportsmen: The New York State Angler Cohort Study

Environmental Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-66

  Bloom, Michael S ^a   Weiner, John M ^a   Vena, John E ^a   Beehler, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

HCB; Organochlorine; PCB; Thyroid; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ORGANOCHLORINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0038309307     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(02)00085-3     Document Type: Article

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