Do Thyroid Disrupting Chemicals Influence Foetal Development during Pregnancy?
Joint Authors
Bliddal Mortensen, Anne-Sofie
Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla
Rasmussen, Åase Krogh
Boas, Malene
Main, Katharina M.
Hartoft-Nielsen, Marie-Louise
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Maternal euthyroidism during pregnancy is crucial for normal development and, in particular, neurodevelopment of the foetus.
Up to 3.5 percent of pregnant women suffer from hypothyroidism.
Industrial use of various chemicals—endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)—has been shown to cause almost constant exposure of humans with possible harmful influence on health and hormone regulation.
EDCs may affect thyroid hormone homeostasis by different mechanisms, and though the effect of each chemical seems scarce, the added effects may cause inappropriate consequences on, for example, foetal neurodevelopment.
This paper focuses on thyroid hormone influence on foetal development in relation to the chemicals suspected of thyroid disrupting properties with possible interactions with maternal thyroid homeostasis.
Knowledge of the effects is expected to impact the general debate on the use of these chemicals.
However, more studies are needed to elucidate the issue, since human studies are scarce.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hartoft-Nielsen, Marie-Louise& Boas, Malene& Bliddal Mortensen, Anne-Sofie& Rasmussen, Åase Krogh& Main, Katharina M.& Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla. 2011. Do Thyroid Disrupting Chemicals Influence Foetal Development during Pregnancy?. Journal of Thyroid Research،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-464306
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hartoft-Nielsen, Marie-Louise…[et al.]. Do Thyroid Disrupting Chemicals Influence Foetal Development during Pregnancy?. Journal of Thyroid Research No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-14.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Hartoft-Nielsen, Marie-Louise& Boas, Malene& Bliddal Mortensen, Anne-Sofie& Rasmussen, Åase Krogh& Main, Katharina M.& Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla. Do Thyroid Disrupting Chemicals Influence Foetal Development during Pregnancy?. Journal of Thyroid Research. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-464306
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-464306