Thyroid hormones are associated with exposure to persistent organic pollutants in aging residents of upper Hudson River communities

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 473-482

  Bloom, Michael S ^a   Jansing, Robert L ^a,b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,b   Rej, Robert ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Edward F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE); Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIOTHYRONINE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84897103822     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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