The correlation between polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDES) and thyroid hormones in the general population: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Zhao, Xuemin ^a   Wang, Hailong ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Shan, Zhongyan ^a   Teng, Weiping ^a   Teng, Xiaochun ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHECLOR; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FIXED EFFECTS MODEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ERROR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; META ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE;

EID: 84930627530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126989     Document Type: Article

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