CO-occurring exposure to perchlorate, nitrate and thiocyanate alters thyroid function in healthy pregnant women

Environmental Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Horton, Megan K ^a   Blount, Benjamin C ^b   Valentin Blasini, Liza ^b   Wapner, Ronald ^c   Whyatt, Robin ^d   Gennings, Chris ^a   Factor Litvak, Pam ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical mixtures; Perchlorate; Pregnancy; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

IODIDE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; THIOCYANATE; THYROTROPIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; IODINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANION; BLOOD; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; HORMONE; IODINE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEW YORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEW YORK CITY; NITRATES; PERCHLORATES; PREGNANCY; THIOCYANATES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942519431     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.013     Document Type: Article

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