Blood Lead Concentration and Thyroid Function during Pregnancy: Results from the Yugoslavia Prospective Study of Environmental Lead Exposure | Zendy

Linda G. Kahn | Zendy; Xinhua Liu | Zendy; Biljana Rajovic | Zendy; D Popovać | Zendy; Sharon E. Oberfield | Zendy; Joseph H. Graziano | Zendy; Pam FactorLitvak | Zendy

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Blood Lead Concentration and Thyroid Function during Pregnancy: Results from the Yugoslavia Prospective Study of Environmental Lead Exposure

Author(s) -

Linda G. Kahn,

Xinhua Liu,

Biljana Rajovic,

D Popovać,

Sharon E. Oberfield,

Joseph H. Graziano,

Pam FactorLitvak

Publication year - 2014

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.1307669

Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid function , thyroid peroxidase , pregnancy , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , population , thyroid , thyroid function tests , confounding , endocrinology , physiology , obstetrics , environmental health , biology , genetics

Although maternal hypothyroidism increases the risk of adverse neonatal and obstetric outcomes as well as lower IQ in children, the environmental determinants of maternal thyroid dysfunction have yet to be fully explored.

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