Prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds and neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone levels

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 579-588

  Lopez Espinosa, Mari A Jose ^a,b,c   Vizcaino, Esther ^d   Murcia, Mario ^a,b   Fuentes, Virginia ^a,b,e   Garcia, Ana Maria ^e   Rebagliato, Marisa ^b,f,g   Grimalt, Joan O ^d   Ballester, Ferran ^a,b,h  

^a Environmental and Health Research Area   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^f MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DDTs; hexachlorobenzene; hexachlorocyclohexane; polychlorobiphenyls; thyroid stimulating hormone; umbilical cord serum

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED TERPHENYL; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINDANE; MALE; POLYCHLOROTERPHENYL COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958507487     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.47     Document Type: Article

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