Maternal and cord-blood thyroid hormone levels and exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls during early pregnancy

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 701-713

  Abdelouahab, Nadia ^a   Langlois, Marie France ^a   Lavoie, Laetiscia ^a   Corbin, François ^a   Pasquier, Jean Charles ^a   Takser, Larissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cord blood; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; polychlorinated biphenyls; pregnancy; thyroid function; umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; MERCURY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANTIBODY; BLOOD; BRAIN; DATA ACQUISITION; HORMONE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PBDE; PCB; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINE LEVEL;

CORD BLOOD; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SHERBROOKE;

EID: 84883480871     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt141     Document Type: Article

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