Does thyroid disruption contribute to the developmental neurotoxicity of chlorpyrifos?

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 284-287

  Slotkin, Theodore A ^a   Cooper, Ellen M ^b   Stapleton, Heather M ^b   Seidler, Frederic J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorpyrifos; Organophosphate pesticides; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; THYROXINE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVA; CHLORPYRIFOS; CPF; GD; GESTATIONAL DAY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES; PN; POSTNATAL DAY; T4; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHLORPYRIFOS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE;

EID: 84878144312     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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