Relationship of urinary phthalate metabolites with serum thyroid hormones in pregnant women and their newborns: A prospective birth cohort in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Kuo, Fu Chen ^a,b,c   Su, Sheng Wen ^a   Wu, Chia Fang ^a   Huang, Meng Chuan ^d   Shiea, Jentaie ^e   Chen, Bai Hsiu ^d   Chen, Yi Ling ^d   Wu, Ming Tsang ^a,d,f  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MONO BENZYL PHTHALATE; MONO ISOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO ISONONYL PHTHALATE; MONO METHYL PHTHALATE; MONO N BUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 HYDROXYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 OXOHEXYL)PHTHALATE; MONOETHYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MONO-BENZYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; METABOLITE; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TAIWAN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY; URINE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84934889118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123884     Document Type: Article

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