Invited commentary: Maternal plasma polybrominated diphenyl ethers and thyroid hormones - Challenges and opportunities

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 714-719

  Chevrier, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

flame retardants; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; pregnancy; thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; FLAME RETARDANT; IODINE; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

BLOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HORMONE; IODINE; LIPID; MATERNAL EFFECT; PBDE; PLASMA; PREGNANCY;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD VOLUME; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL PLASMA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLASMA PROTEIN BINDING; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; REVIEW; SUBFERTILITY; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD;

FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PREGNANCY; THYROID HORMONES;

FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; THYROID HORMONES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84883471214     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt138     Document Type: Review

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