Effects of prenatal exposure to organochlorines on thyroid hormone status in newborns from two remote coastal regions in Québec, Canada

Environmental Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-392

  Dallaire, Renée ^a   Dewailly, Éric ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a   Muckle, Gina ^a   Laliberté, Claire ^b   Bruneau, Suzanne ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Newborns; Organochlorines; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Prenatal exposure; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIOTHYRONINE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HORMONE; NEONATE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SEASHORE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUEBEC; THYROID HORMONES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 54049122527     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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