Effects of environmental synthetic chemicals on thyroid function

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 827-856

  Brucker Davis, Françoise ^a  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; ACETOCHLOR; AMITROLE; BENZONITRILE; BROMACIL; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CLOFENTEZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; HERBICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PENDIMETHALIN; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; PICLORAM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; PYRETHRIN; PYRETHROID; PYRIDINOL; TERBUTRYN; THIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIFLURALIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GOITER; INDUSTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0031787160     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.827     Document Type: Review

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