Associations between levels of hydroxylated PCBs and PCBs in serum of pregnant women and blood thyroid hormone levels and body size of neonates

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 546-553

  Hisada, Aya ^a   Shimodaira, Kazuhisa ^b   Okai, Takashi ^b   Watanabe, Kiyohiko ^c   Takemori, Hiroaki ^c   Takasuga, Takumi ^c   Koyama, Maiko ^d   Watanabe, Noriko ^d   Suzuki, Emiko ^d   Shirakawa, Miyako ^b   Noda, Yumiko ^b   Komine, Yoko ^b   Ariki, Nagako ^b   Kato, Nobumasa ^b   Yoshinaga, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Shimadzu Techno Research   (Japan)

^d Japan Public Health Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth size; Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls; Neonate; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pregnant woman; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYDROXYLATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84896921857     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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