Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes) and hypothyroidism in canadian women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 590-598

  Oulhote, Youssef ^a,b   Chevrier, Jonathan ^c   Bouchard, Maryse F ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADIAN; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CANADA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959320765     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-2659     Document Type: Article

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