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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2020

3. Thyroid

Thyroid and pregnancy

ey0017.3-4 | Thyroid and pregnancy | ESPEYB17

3.4. Association of exposure to ambient air pollution with thyroid function during pregnancy

A Ghassabian , L Pierotti , M Basterrechea , L Chatzi , M Estarlich , A Fernandez-Somoano , AF Fleisch , DR Gold , J Julvez , P Karakosta , A Lertxundi , MJ Lopez-Espinosa , TA Mulder , TIM Korevaar , E Oken , RP Peeters , S Rifas-Shiman , E Stephanou , A Tardon , H Tiemeier , M Vrijheid , TGM Vrijkotte , J Sunyer , M Guxens

To read the full abstract: JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2:e1912902.Air pollution has recently been associated with maternal thyroxine levels during mid gestation in a large single cohort study [1]. No data exist so far on the association of exposure to specific markers of residential air pollution during the first trimester, when neurodevelopment of the embryo is exclusively dependent on transplacental passage of maternal thyroxine.<p class="abstext...