Polychlorinated biphenyls and thyroid hormone serum concentrations among people living in a highly polluted area: A cross-sectional population-based study

Environmental Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-386

  Donato, Francesco ^a   Zani, Claudia ^a   Magoni, Michele ^b   Gelatti, Umberto ^a   Covolo, Loredana ^a   Orizio, Grazia ^a   Speziani, Fabrizio ^b   Indelicato, Annamaria ^b   Scarcella, Carmelo ^b   Bergonzi, Roberto ^a   Apostoli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit of Brescia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross sectional population studies; Lipid adjusted PCB concentration; Serum PCB concentration; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; HORMONE; LIPID; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; ITALY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THYROID HORMONES;

BRESCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRESCIA;

EID: 54049104839     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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