Urinary Iodine Kinetics after Oral Loading of Potassium Iodine

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 589-593

  Takamura, Noboru ^a   Hamada, Aiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Ninpei ^a   Matsushita, Nahoe ^b   Tarasiuk, Igor ^c   Ohashi, Toshinori ^d   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^a   Mine, Mariko ^a   Yamashita, Shunichi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GOMEL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^d Showa Denko Materials Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iodine rich area; Potassium iodide; Radiation emergency; Thyroid; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EVALUATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; KINETICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; TABLET; THYROID GLAND; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DIET; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; IODINE; JAPAN; KINETICS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SOLUTIONS; TABLETS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344010169     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.589     Document Type: Article

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