Thyroid health status of ammonium perchlorate workers: A cross-sectional occupational health study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 248-260

  Lamm, Steven H ^a   Braverman, Lewis E ^b   Li, Feng Xiao ^a   Richman, Kent ^c   Pino, Sam ^b   Howearth, Gregory ^c  

^a I ^*  (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c American Pacific Corporation Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PERCHLORATE; SODIUM AZIDE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0032926099     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199904000-00006     Document Type: Article

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