Association between perfluoroalkyl substance exposure and thyroid hormone/thyroid antibody levels in maternal and cord blood: The Hokkaido Study

Background: Thyroid antibodies (TAs) are the most common cause of hypothyroidism during gestation. Although previous studies found that prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) disrupts thyroid hormones (THs) in humans, their effects on TAs during the perinatal period have not been inv...

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Main Authors: Sachiko Itoh, Atsuko Araki, Chihiro Miyashita, Keiko Yamazaki, Houman Goudarzi, Machiko Minatoya, Yu Ait Bamai, Sumitaka Kobayashi, Emiko Okada, Ikuko Kashino, Motoyuki Yuasa, Toshiaki Baba, Reiko Kishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019301199