Thyroid Hormone Levels of Pregnant Inuit Women and Their Infants Exposed to Environmental Contaminants | Zendy

Renée Dallaire | Zendy; Gina Muckle | Zendy; Éric Dewailly | Zendy; Sandra W. Jacobson | Zendy; Joseph L. Jacobson | Zendy; Torkjel M. Sandanger | Zendy; Courtney D. Sandau | Zendy; Pierre Ayotte | Zendy

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Thyroid Hormone Levels of Pregnant Inuit Women and Their Infants Exposed to Environmental Contaminants

Author(s) -

Renée Dallaire,

Gina Muckle,

Éric Dewailly,

Sandra W. Jacobson,

Joseph L. Jacobson,

Torkjel M. Sandanger,

Courtney D. Sandau,

Pierre Ayotte

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0800219

Subject(s) - hormone , thyroid , triiodothyronine , medicine , endocrinology , thyroxine binding globulin , cord blood , pregnancy , umbilical cord , hexachlorobenzene , physiology , chemistry , biology , pollutant , immunology , organic chemistry , genetics

An increasing number of studies have shown that several ubiquitous environmental contaminants possess thyroid hormone-disrupting capacities. Prenatal exposure to some of them, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), has also been associated with adverse neurodevelopmental effects in infants.

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