Maternal polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposure and thyroid hormones in maternal and cord sera: The HOME study, Cincinnati, USA

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1079-1085

  Vuong, Ann M ^a   Webster, Glenys M ^b   Romano, Megan E ^c   Braun, Joseph M ^c   Thomas Zoeller, R ^d   Hoofnagle, Andrew N ^e   Sjödin, Andreas ^f   Yolton, Kimberly ^g   Lanphear, Bruce P ^b   Chen, Aimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^g CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORD SERUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FETUS BLOOD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OHIO; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OHIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943327760     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408996     Document Type: Article

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