Exposure to pyrethroids insecticides and serum levels of thyroid-related measures in pregnant women

Environmental Research

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-21

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Hisada, Aya ^a   Yoshinaga, Jun ^a   Shiraishi, Hiroaki ^b   Shimodaira, Kazuhisa ^c   Okai, Takashi ^c   Noda, Yumiko ^c   Shirakawa, Miyako ^c   Kato, Nobumasa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Phenoxybenzoic acid (3 PBA); Pregnant women; Pyrethroid insecticide; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PYRETHROID; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE; HORMONE; INSECTICIDE; LIFESTYLE; METABOLITE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREGNANCY; PYRETHROID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM; SMOKING; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIET; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

3-PHENOXYBENZOIC ACID (3-PBA); PREGNANT WOMEN; PYRETHROID INSECTICIDE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; BENZOATES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; IODINE; JAPAN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRETHRINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 84888365935     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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