Environmental lead exposure, maternal thyroid function, and childhood growth

Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-202

  Lamb, Matthew R ^a   Janevic, Teresa ^a   Liu, Xinhua ^a   Cooper, Tom ^b   Kline, Jennie ^a,c,d   Factor Litvak, Pam ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Growth; Lead; Prenatal exposure; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LEAD; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

GROWTH RATE; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KOSOVO; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

EID: 38549126158     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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