Perchlorate and thiocyanate exposure and thyroid function in first-trimester pregnant women from Greece

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 471-474

  Pearce, Elizabeth N ^a   Alexiou, Maria ^b   Koukkou, Eftychia ^b   Braverman, Lewis E ^a   He, Xuemei ^a   Ilias, Ioannis ^b   Alevizaki, Maria ^c   Markou, Kostas B ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Elena Venizelou Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIDE; PERCHLORATE; THIOCYANATE; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREECE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GREECE; HUMANS; IODIDES; IODINE; PERCHLORIC ACID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; THIOCYANATES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84865047189     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04407.x     Document Type: Article

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