Chemical contamination and the thyroid

Endocrine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-64

  Duntas, Leonidas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Chemical pollution; Endocrine disruptors; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Thyroid; Thyroid hormone receptor; TSH

Indexed keywords

4 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYPHENOL; SUNSCREEN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; TOXICOKINETICS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84925489449     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-014-0442-4     Document Type: Review

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