Association between several persistent organic pollutants and thyroid hormone levels in cord blood serum and bloodspot of the newborn infants of Korea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Sunmi ^a   Park, Jeongim ^b   Kim, Hai Joong ^c   Lee, Jeong Jae ^b   Choi, Gyuyeon ^b   Choi, Sooran ^d   Kim, Sungjoo ^e   Kim, Su Young ^f   Moon, Hyo Bang ^g   Kim, Sungkyoon ^a   Choi, Kyungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Hallym University   (South Korea)

^f Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; BDE 47; BDE 99; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIOTHYRONINE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOODSPOT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84930677845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125213     Document Type: Article

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