Child thyroid disruption by environmental chemicals

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-53

  Massart, F ^a   Massai, G ^a   Placidi, G ^a   Saggese, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical pollution; Child; Environmental disrupter; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AMIODARONE; AROCLOR; CATECHOL; CHLOROPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; CLOFIBRATE; CRESOL; DIPYRONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FENOPROP; FENVALERATE; FIPRONIL; LEAD; LINDANE; LINURON; LIOTHYRONINE; MALATHION; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; ORCINOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGENY; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM;

BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 33646244976     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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