Serum polybrominated diphenyl ether concentrations and thyroid function in young children

Environmental Research

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 222-230

  Jacobson, Melanie H ^a   Barr, Dana B ^a   Marcus, Michele ^a   Muir, Andrew B ^b   Lyles, Robert H ^a   Howards, Penelope P ^a   Pardo, Larissa ^c   Darrow, Lyndsey A ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Endocrine disruption; PBDEs; Thyroid function; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 100; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 154; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 99; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PBDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SERUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; GEORGIA; INFANT; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84969695750     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.05.022     Document Type: Article

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