2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study
Rosen Vollmar A, Lin E, Nason S, Santiago K, Johnson C, Ma X, Godri Pollitt K, Deziel N. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 33: 737-747. PMID: 37730931, PMCID: PMC10541328, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00603-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid hormone concentrationsNeonatal characteristicsThyroid hormone measurementsHormone concentrationsThyroid hormonesBlood spotsPilot studyNewborn DBSHormone measurementsPopulation-based studyThyroid hormone levelsEnvironmental risk factorsPFAS concentrationsNewborn screening testNon-parametric WilcoxonThyroid diseaseRisk factorsHormone levelsKruskal-Wallis testPFAS exposureThyroid hormone dataScreening testNeonatal DBSEnvironmental exposuresPerformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
2020
Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and behavioral difficulties in childhood at 7 and 11 years
Luo J, Xiao J, Gao Y, Ramlau-Hansen CH, Toft G, Li J, Obel C, Andersen SL, Deziel NC, Tseng WL, Inoue K, Bonefeld-Jørgensen EC, Olsen J, Liew Z. Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and behavioral difficulties in childhood at 7 and 11 years. Environmental Research 2020, 191: 110111. PMID: 32846178, PMCID: PMC7657987, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal PFAS exposureMaternal thyroid hormonesThyroid hormonesOdds ratioPFAS exposureDanish National Birth CohortMaternal thyroid functionPrenatal perfluoroalkyl substancesMaternal thyroid dysfunctionFree thyroxine levelsNational Birth CohortAdjusted odds ratioBehavioral difficultiesPerfluoroalkyl substancesNatural indirect effectThyroid dysfunctionPFNA exposureFetal neurodevelopmentPrenatal exposureEpidemiological evidenceThyroid functionEarly gestationThyroxine levelsBirth cohortMaternal plasma