Humic substances in drinking water and the epidemiology of thyroid disease

BioFactors

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 145-153

  Laurberg, Peter ^a   Andersen, Stig ^a   Pedersen, Inge Bülow ^a   Oversen, Lars ^b   Knudsen, Nils ^c,d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; COAL; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; IODINE;

AQUIFER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPOSITION; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEACHING; MOLECULE; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0842308164     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520190307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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