The effects of taking chronic nitrate by drinking water on thyroid functions and morphology

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 66-71

  Eskiocak, S ^a   Dundar, C ^b   Basoglu, T ^b   Altaner, S ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Nitrate; Radioiodine uptake; Thyroid function; Thyroid morphology; Thyroid weight

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SODIUM NITRATE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; IODINE 131 UPTAKE TEST; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; NITRATES; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23844531499     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-005-0068-1     Document Type: Article

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