Urban stressors and thyroid hormones;Stressor urbani e ormoni tiroidei

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-124

  Sancini, A ^a   Tomei, G ^a   Palermo, P ^a   Rosati, M V ^a   Schifano, M P ^a   Samperi, I ^a   Fiaschetti, M ^a   Cetica, C ^a   Ponticiello, B G ^a   Scimitto, L ^a   Tomei, F ^a,a   de Sio, S ^a   Capozzella, A ^a   Ciarrocca, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

FT3; FT4; Outdoor workers; Thyroid neoplasms; TSH; Urban stressors

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROID HORMONES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79955602029     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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