Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and measures of thyroid function in second trimester pregnant women in California

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7896-7905

  Zota, Ami R ^a   Park, June Soo ^b   Wang, Yunzhu ^b   Petreas, Myrto ^b   Zoeller, R Thomas ^c   Woodruff, Tracey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Environmental Chemistry Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; HYDROXYLATED POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PILOT STUDIES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SERUM CONCENTRATION; SERUM SAMPLES; THYROID FUNCTION; TRANSTHYRETIN; WEIGHTED SUM;

BODY FLUIDS; ETHERS; HYDROXYLATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PREALBUMIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HORMONE; LIPID; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLITE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN BINDING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052707730     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200422b     Document Type: Article

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