Phenol and Phthalate Effects on Thyroid Hormone Levels during Pregnancy: Relying on In Vitro Assays and Adverse Outcome Pathways to Inform an Epidemiological Analysis.
Dorothy NakiwalaPamela D NoyesPatrice FaureBenoît ChovelonChristelle CorneAnne Sophie GauchezDorra GuergourSarah Lyon-CaenAmrit K SakhiAzemira SabaredzovicCathrine ThomsenIsabelle PinRémy SlamaClaire PhilippatPublished in: Environmental health perspectives (2022)
For these chemicals, screening for compounds with an increased likelihood for thyroid-related effects and relying on repeated urine samples to assess exposures improved the overall performance of multichemical analyses of thyroid disruption. This approach may improve future evaluations of human data for the thyroid pathway with implication for fetal health and may serve as a model for evaluating other toxicity outcomes. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10239.