Perchlorate: Overview of risks and regulation

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2307-2315

  Charnley, G ^a  

^a HealthRisk Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental regulation; Health risk assessment; Perchlorate; Risk management; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; NITRATE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERCHLORATE; THIOCYANATE; THYROID HORMONE;

CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; THYROID GLAND;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IODINE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PERCHLORIC ACID; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID HORMONES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44749087821     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.03.006     Document Type: Review

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