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Brominated flame retardants in placental tissues: associations with infant sex and thyroid hormone endpoints

BACKGROUND: Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are endocrine disruptors that bioaccumulate in the placenta, but it remains unclear if they disrupt tissue thyroid hormone (TH) metabolism. Our primary goal was to investigate associations between placental BFRs, TH levels, Type 3 deiodinase (DIO3) acti...

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Autores principales: Leonetti, Christopher, Butt, Craig M., Hoffman, Kate, Hammel, Stephanie C., Miranda, Marie Lynn, Stapleton, Heather M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27884139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-016-0199-8