Thyroid-stimulating hormone levels in newborns and early life exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Analysis of three European mother-child cohorts

Pediatric Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 429-437

  De Cock, Marijke ^a   De Boer, Michiel R ^a   Govarts, Eva ^b   Iszatt, Nina ^c   Palkovicova, Lubica ^d   Lamoree, Marja H ^e   Schoeters, Greet ^f   Eggesbø, Merete ^c   Trnovec, Tomas ^d   Legler, Juliette ^g   Van De Bor, Margot ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CORD SERUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 85028333313     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2017.50     Document Type: Article

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