Exposure to Arsenic in urban and rural areas and effects on thyroid hormones

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 589-598

  Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a   Caciari, Tiziana ^a   Cetica, Carlotta ^a   Andrè, Jean Claude ^b   Fiaschetti, Maria ^a   Schifano, Maria Pia ^a   Scala, Barbara ^a   Scimitto, Lara ^a   Tomei, Gianfranco ^a   Sancini, Angela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Stallergenes SA   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid hormones; Traffic policemen; Urban pollutants

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CREATININE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA; URINE LEVEL; WORKER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARSENIC; CARCINOGENS; CITIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; POLICE; RURAL POPULATION; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84865011269     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2012.703251     Document Type: Article

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