Impact of lead exposure on pituitary-thyroid axis in humans

BioMetals

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Singh, Baljinder ^a   Chandran, Vinod ^b   Bandhu, Harish K ^a   Mittal, Bhagwant R ^a   Bhattacharya, Anish ^a   Jindal, Surinder K ^a   Varma, Subhash ^b  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Lead automobile repair; Petrol pumps; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0033821869     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009201426184     Document Type: Article

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