The effect of long-term low-dose lead exposure on thyroid function in adolescents

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-145

  Dundar, Bumin ^a   Öktem, Faruk ^a   Arslan, Meltem Koyuncu ^a   Delibas, Namik ^a   Baykal, Bahattin ^a   Arslan, Çaǧatay ^a   Gultepe, Mustafa ^b   Ilhan, Inci Ergurhan ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Lead exposure; Pb; T4; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LIOTHYRONINE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENCE; BLOOD; ENZYME; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILES; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 33646362775     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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