Effects of PCBs and PBDEs on thyroid hormone, lymphocyte proliferation, hematology and kidney injury markers in residents of an e-waste dismantling area in Zhejiang, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 536, Issue , 2015, Pages 215-222

  Xu, Peiwei ^a   Lou, Xiaoming ^a   Ding, Gangqiang ^a   Shen, Haitao ^a   Wu, Lizhi ^a   Chen, Zhijian ^a   Han, Jianlong ^a   Wang, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

E waste; Hematology; Lymphocyte proliferation; PBDEs; PCBs; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN; HORMONES; LYMPHOCYTES; PLATELETS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WASTES;

E-WASTES; HEMATOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PBDES; PCBS; THYROID HORMONES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

BIOMARKER; HEMATOLOGY; HORMONE; PBDE; PCB; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); KIDNEY INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; HEMATOLOGY; KIDNEY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

BIOMARKERS; BODY BURDEN; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LYMPHOCYTES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84937830369     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.025     Document Type: Article

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