Thyroid abnormalities related to iodine excess from water purification units

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9139, 1998, Pages 1519-

  Khan, Laura Kettel ^a,b   Li, Ruowei ^f   Gootnick, David ^f   Miani, Mark ^b   Gerber, A Russell ^b   Bozzelli, Gail A ^b   Creighton, James ^c   Goerge, Gladys ^c   Kittoe, Walter ^c   DeLozier, David ^f   Miller, Dayton T ^d,e   Bowman, Barbara A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Office of Medical Services DC   (United States)

^c Peace Corps   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e Division of Environmental Laboratory Sciences   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032494787     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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5. 5 LeMar HJ, Georgitis WJ, McDermott MT. Thyroid adaptation to chronic tetraglycerine hydroperiodide water purification tablet use. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1995; 80: 220-23.