Thyroid hormones and moderate exposure to perchlorate during pregnancy in women in southern California

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 861-867

  Steinmaus, Craig ^a,b   Pearl, Michelle ^c   Kharrazi, Martin ^d   Blount, Benjamin C ^e   Miller, Mark D ^f   Pearce, Elizabeth N ^g   Valentin Blasini, Liza ^e   DeLorenze, Gerald ^h   Hoofnagle, Andrew N ⁱ   Liaw, Jane ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sequoia Foundation   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIDE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; THIOCYANATE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; CALIFORNIA; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PERCHLORATES; PREGNANCY; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84971569727     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409614     Document Type: Article

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