Published January 2021 | Version v1
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Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides and thyroid cancer in connecticut women

Creators

  • 1. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT (United States)
  • 2. Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT (United States)
  • 3. Department of Surgical Outcomes, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (United States)
  • 4. Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30341 (United States)

Description

Thyroid cancer incidence has increased substantially over the past decades, and environmental risk factors have been suggested to play a role. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and organochlorine pesticides (OCP) are established thyroid hormone disruptors, but their relationship to thyroid cancer is not known.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110333

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.envres.2020.110333;
PII
S0013935120312305;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Environmental Research
Journal Volume
192
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0013-9351
CODEN
ENVRAL

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
54042010
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
HEALTH HAZARDS; NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THYROID; THYROID HORMONES; WOMEN
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; AROMATICS; BODY; CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALES; GLANDS; HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HAZARDS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MAMMALS; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PRIMATES; PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES

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