Endocrine Abstracts

Phthalate exposure is associated with thyroid function during pregnancy through a novel pathway as a hCG disruptor.Objectives: hCG stimulates thyroid function in pregnancy and phthalates are known thyroid disruptors. We investigated if phthalate exposure could act as a thyroid disruptor through affecting hCG.Methods: This study was embedded in the prospective Swedish Environmental Longitudinal, Mother and child, Asthma and allergy ...