Lithium in drinking water and thyroid function

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 827-830

  Broberg, Karin ^a   Concha, Gabriela ^b   Engström, Karin ^a   Lindvall, Magnus ^a   Grandér, Margareta ^c   Vahter, Marie ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Iodine; Lithium; Selenium; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IODINE; LITHIUM; SELENIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79958849406     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002678     Document Type: Article

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