Impact of nitrate intake in drinking water on the thyroid gland activity in male rat

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Zaki, A ^a   Ait Chaoui, A ^a   Talibi, A ^b   Derouiche, A F ^c   Aboussaouira, T ^d   Zarrouck, K ^d   Chait, A ^e   Himmi, T ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

^b Service d'Endocrinologie   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

^d HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Goitre; Nitrates; Rat; Tadla Azilal; Thyroid gland; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LIOTHYRONINE; NITRATE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; GOITER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0347683389     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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