The epidemiology of environmental perchlorate exposure and thyroid function: A comprehensive review

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 653-660

  Tarone, Robert E ^a,b   Lipworth, Loren ^a,b   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; IODIDE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE; SODIUM IODIDE SYMPORTER; THIOCYANATE; THYROID HORMONE; COTRANSPORTER; WATER;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; WORKER; ADULT; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; TOXICITY; URINE;

ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCHLORATES; PREGNANCY; SYMPORTERS; THYROID GLAND; WATER;

EID: 77954032125     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e31955     Document Type: Article

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