Ambient air pollution exposure during the late gestational period is linked with lower placental iodine load in a Belgian birth cohort
Background: Adequate intake of iodine is required for the production of thyroid hormones and contributes in pregnant women to a healthy brain development and growth in their offspring. To date, some evidence exists that fine particulate air pollution is linked with the fetal thyroid hormone homeosta...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Environment International |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020322893 |