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
Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides and thyroid cancer in connecticut women
Deziel NC, Warren JL, Huang H, Zhou H, Sjodin A, Zhang Y. Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides and thyroid cancer in connecticut women. Environmental Research 2020, 192: 110333. PMID: 33068584, PMCID: PMC7736223, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110333.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerThyroid cancerPCBs/OCPsOdds ratioSubsequent thyroid cancer riskMulti-pollutant modelingSerum Polychlorinated BiphenylsBody mass indexConfidence intervalsThyroid cancer riskThyroid cancer incidenceEarly life exposureEnvironmental risk factorsSingle-pollutant modelsLogistic regression modelsIsotope dilution high-resolution mass spectrometryMass indexTumor sizeCancer incidenceRisk factorsConnecticut womenFamily historyMulti-pollutant analysisCancer riskThyroid hormone disruptors