Trans-placental transfer of thirteen perfluorinated compounds and relations with fetal thyroid hormones

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7465-7472

  Kim, Sunmi ^a   Choi, Kyungho ^a   Ji, Kyunghee ^a   Seo, Jihyeon ^a   Kho, Younglim ^b   Park, Jeongim ^c   Kim, Sungkyoon ^a   Park, Seokhwan ^d   Hwang, Incheol ^c   Jeon, Jongkwan ^e   Yang, Hyeran ^f   Giesy, John P ^g,h,i,j  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d Seowon University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^j KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STUDIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SERUM; BREAST MILK; CORD BLOOD; COVARIATES; EXPOSURE SOURCES; HUMAN BLOODS; LIMITED INFORMATION; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PREGNANT WOMAN; THYROID HORMONES;

BLOOD; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FETAL MONITORING;

HORMONES;

2 (N METHYL PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDO)ACETIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HORMONE; MILK; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY TEST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MILK, HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80052257414     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202408a     Document Type: Article

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