Response to comment on intake of iodine and perchlorate and excretion in human milk

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2656-2658

  Dasgupta, Purnendu K ^a   Kirk, Andrea B ^a   Ohira, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; PERCHLORATE; THIOCYANATE;

BREAST MILK; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE;

EID: 64349089292     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900052a     Document Type: Note

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