Pesticides and Thyroid Hormones

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 428-437

  Meeker, J D ^a   Boas, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Epidemiology; Exposure; Herbicides; Insecticides; Iodine; Thyroid; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871612003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00589-4     Document Type: Chapter

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