Environmental chemicals and thyroid function: An update

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 385-391

  Boas, Malene ^a   Main, Katharina M ^a   Feldt Rasmussen, Ulla ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain development; Endocrine disrupters; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Thyroid; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LIOTHYRONINE; NONYLPHENOL; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTOXICOSIS; TOXICOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 69349086992     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3283305af7     Document Type: Review

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