Multiple metals predict prolactin and thyrotropin (TSH) levels in men

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 869-873

  Meeker, John D ^a   Rossano, Mary G ^b   Protas, Bridget ^c   Diamond, Michael P ^d   Puscheck, Elizabeth ^d   Daly, Douglas ^e   Paneth, Nigel ^c   Wirth, Julia J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Grand Rapids Fertility and IVF   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Epidemiology; Exposure; Human; Male

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; PROLACTIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; ZINC;

ARSENIC; COPPER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HORMONE; LEAD; MENS HEALTH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SMOKING; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 69849109617     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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