Newborn TSH concentration and its association with cognitive development in healthy boys

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 901-909

  Freire, Carmen ^a   Ramos, Rosa ^a   Amaya, Esperanza ^a   Fernández, Mariana F ^a   Santiago Fernández, Piedad ^b   Lopez Espinosa, Maria Jose ^c,d   Arrebola, Juan Pedro ^a   Olea, Nicolas ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b Hosp Univ Ciudad de Jaén   (Spain)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; THYROTROPIN; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PLACENTA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPAIN; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 78649852634     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0495     Document Type: Article

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