Association between organochlorine pesticide exposure and thyroid hormones in floriculture workers

Environmental Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 357-363

  Blanco Muñoz, Julia ^a   Lacasaña, Marina ^b,c,d   López Flores, Inmaculada ^c,e   Rodríguez Barranco, Miguel ^b,c   González Alzaga, Beatriz ^b,c   Bassol, Susana ^f   Cebrian, Mariano E ^g   López Carrillo, Lizbeth ^a   Aguilar Garduño, Clemente ^h  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada ibs GRANADA Granada Health Research Institute ibs GRANADA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

^g INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^h Center for Research in Public Health (CSISP)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Organochlorine; p,p' DDE; Pesticides; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; LIOTHYRONINE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; THYROID HORMONE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DDT; HORMONE; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SERUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FLORICULTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLITE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CHEMICAL EXPOSURE; SEASON; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; URINALYSIS; WORKER; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD; FLOWER; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MORELOS;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLOWERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PESTICIDES; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975883581     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.05.054     Document Type: Article

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