Association between several persistent organic pollutants and thyroid hormone levels in serum among the pregnant women of Korea

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 442-448

  Kim, Sunmi ^a   Park, Jeongim ^b   Kim, Hai Joong ^c   Lee, Jeong Jae ^b   Choi, Gyuyeon ^b   Choi, Sooran ^d   Kim, Sungjoo ^d   Kim, Su Young ^e   Moon, Hyo Bang ^f   Kim, Sungkyoon ^a   Choi, Kyungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University   (South Korea)

^e Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Organochlorine pesticides; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pregnant women; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; HORMONES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); PREGNANT WOMAN; THYROID HORMONES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 47; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIOTHYRONINE; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 118; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 28; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 52; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HORMONE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KOREA; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

KOREA;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANT WOMEN; THYROID HORMONES;

ADULT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881339515     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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