Toxic chemicals and thyroid function: hard facts and lateral thinking

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 311-318

  Duntas, Leonidas H ^a   Stathatos, Nikos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral thinking; Organochlorines; Pesticides; Thyroid; Thyroid receptor; TSH

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SODIUM IODIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLLUTANT;

DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; THYROID FUNCTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID GLAND; TOXICITY;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84955317403     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: 15732606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-016-9331-x     Document Type: Review

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