Effect of environmental perchlorate on thyroid function in pregnant women from Córdoba, Argentina, and Los Angeles, California

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-417

  Pearce, Elizabeth N ^a,e   Spencer, Carole A ^b   Mestman, Jorge H ^b   Lee, Richard H ^b   Bergoglio, Liliana M ^c   Mereshian, Paula ^d   He, Xuemei ^a   Leung, Angela M ^a   Braverman, Lewis E ^a  

^a University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Universidad Nacional de Córdoba ^*  (Argentina)

^d Hosp Univ de Maternidad y Neonatología   (Argentina)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PERCHLORATE; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANT WOMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 79959630131     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP10293.OR     Document Type: Article

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