Thyroid hormones in pregnancy in relation to environmental exposure to organochlorine compounds and mercury

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1039-1045

  Takser, Larissa ^a   Mergler, Donna ^a   Baldwin, Mary ^a   de Grosbois, Sylvie ^a   Smargiassi, Audrey ^a   Lafond, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Environment; Mercury; Pesticide; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pregnancy; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIOTHYRONINE; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MERCURY; PESTICIDES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23844557127     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7685     Document Type: Article

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