Relationships of putative endocrine disruptors to human sexual maturation and thyroid activity in youth

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-253

  Schell, Lawrence M ^a   Gallo, Mia V ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Hexachlorobenzene; Mohawk; Native American; p,p dichlorophenyldichloroethylene; PCBs; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls; POPs; Sexual maturation; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; LIOTHYRONINE; MERCURY; MIREX; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MENARCHE; METALS, HEAVY; MIREX; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL MATURATION; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 73049096275     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.09.015     Document Type: Review

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