Early phthalates exposure in pregnant women is associated with alteration of thyroid hormones

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Huang, Po Chin ^a,b   Tsai, Chih Hsin ^a   Liang, Wei Yen ^a   Li, Sih Syuan ^a   Huang, Han Bin ^c   Kuo, Pao Lin ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 CARBOXYPENTYL)PHTHALATE; MONOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONOETHYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; TAIWANESE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MENARCHE; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOMARKERS; CREATININE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MENARCHE; METABOLOMICS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84979984859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159398     Document Type: Article

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