Iodine toxicity from soy milk and seaweed ingestion is associated with serious thyroid dysfunction

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 413-415

  Crawford, Bronwyn A ^a,b   Cowell, Christopher T ^a,c   Emder, Phillip J ^d   Learoyd, Diana L ^a   Chua, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Sinn, John ^e   Jack, Michelle M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; IODINE TOXICITY; SEAWEED; SOYBEAN MILK; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 77958052369     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03972.x     Document Type: Article

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