Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants and thyroid hormone during pregnancy

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1444-1449

  Chevrier, Jonathan ^a   Harley, Kim G ^a   Bradman, Asa ^a   Gharbi, Myriam ^b   Sjödin, Andreas ^c   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Flame retardants; Persistent organic pollutants; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDES); Pregnancy; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; THYROID HORMONES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77957891534     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1001905     Document Type: Article

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