Perchlorate and thiocyanate exposure and thyroid function in first-trimester pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3207-3215

  Pearce, Elizabeth N ^a   Lazarus, John H ^b   Smyth, Peter P A ^c   He, Xuemei ^a   Dall'Amico, Daniela ^d   Parkes, Arthur B ^b   Burns, Robert ^c   Smith, Derek F ^c   Maina, Aldo ^d   Bestwick, Jonathan P ^e   Jooman, Mohammed ^e   Leung, Angela M ^a   Braverman, Lewis E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Ospedale sant'Anna   (Italy)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTRIX; PERCHLORATE; THIOCYANATE; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY; PERCHLORIC ACID; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IODINE; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PERCHLORIC ACID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; THIOCYANATES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; WALES;

EID: 77954927702     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0014     Document Type: Article

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