Persistent organochlorinated pollutants (PCB, DDE, HCB, DIOXINS, FURANS) and the thyroid - Review 2008

Endocrine Regulations

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-104

  Langer, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROXINE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BILIARY EXCRETION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA PROTEIN BINDING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FURANS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52649116697     PISSN: 12100668     EISSN: 13360329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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