Correlation between urinary cadmium and thyroid hormones in outdoor workers exposed to urban stressors

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1978-1986

  Rosati, Maria Valeria ^a   Montuori, Lucio ^a   Caciari, Tiziana ^a   Sacco, Carmina ^a   Marrocco, Mariasilvia ^a   Tomei, Gianfranco ^a   Scala, Barbara ^a   Sancini, Angela ^a   Anzelmo, Vincenza ^b   Bonomi, Sergio ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

endocrine disruptors; Outdoor workers; thyroid hormones; urban pollution; urinary cadmium

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSIMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; SEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; URBAN AREA; URINE LEVEL; CITY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID GLAND; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CADMIUM; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85000819276     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233715602833     Document Type: Article

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