Associations between brominated flame retardants in human milk and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in neonates

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 737-743

  Eggesbø, Merete ^a,b   Thomsen, Cathrine ^a   Jørgensen, Jens V ^c   Becher, Georg ^a   Øyvind Odland, Jon ^d   Longnecker, Matthew P ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

BDE 209; Brominated flame retardants; HBCD; Infants; Thyroid stimulating hormone; TSH

Indexed keywords

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROTROPIN;

CHILDBEARING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE; INFANT FEEDING; METABOLITE; MILK; NEONATE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BREAST MILK; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; NORWAY; THYROTROPIN;

NORWAY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960620804     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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