Can living in the surroundings of a petrochemical complex be a risk factor for autoimmune thyroid disease?

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-117

  de Freitas, Clarice Umbelino ^a   Grimaldi Campos, Rosária A ^a   Rodrigues Silva, Mirta Alcira F ^a   Panachão, Maria Rosana I ^a   de Moraes, Jose Cássio ^b   Waissmann, William ^c   Roberto Chacra, Antônio ^d   Maeda, Marina Y S ^e   Minazzi Rodrigues, Regina S ^e   Gonçalves Belchor, James ^f   Oliveira Barbosa, Sonia ^g   Santos, Raimunda Telma M ^e  

^a CVE/SES/SP   (Brazil)

^b Department of Social Medicine Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital/SP ^*  (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Adolfo Lutz Institute IAL/SES/SP   (Brazil)

^f Mauá City Department of Health São Paulo   (Brazil)

^g Santo André City Department of Health São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti thyroid antibodies; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Petrochemical plant; Prevalence; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PETROCHEMICAL AGENT; STEEL; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROLEUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71449112649     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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