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Pregnant Women’S Health Consequences Following Exposure To Pbdes, Alison Chiaramonte, Ami R. Zota
Pregnant Women’S Health Consequences Following Exposure To Pbdes, Alison Chiaramonte, Ami R. Zota
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PBDEs (Polybrominated diphenyl ethers) are chemicals introduced by industry in the 1970s to serve as flame-retardants on common consumer products like electronics, plastics, and foam in furniture. They are also suspected to disrupt thyroid activity during pregnancy, which is a time of increased demand on the thyroid gland. Maternal thyroid fluctuations and disease as a result of exposure to PBDEs are therefore a concern. This systematic review aimed to capture all of the relevant peer-reviewed literature investigating the association between PBDEs and maternal thyroid activity. Use of the PRISMA checklist (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses), a best …