Effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers on thyroid hormone, neurodevelopment and fertility in rodents and humans

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 498-510

  Czerska, Marta ^a   Zieliński, Marek ^a   Kamińska, Joanna ^a   Ligocka, Danuta ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fertility; Humans; Neurodevelopment; PBDEs; Rodents; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLAME RETARDANTS; GENITALIA, MALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84893515183     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-013-0138-7     Document Type: Article

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