Long-term exposure to excessive iodine from water is associated with thyroid dysfunction in children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2038-2043

  Sang, Zhongna ^a   Chen, Wen ^a   Shen, Jun ^a   Tan, Long ^a   Zhao, Na ^a   Liu, Hua ^b   Wen, Songchen ^b   Wei, Wei ^a   Zhang, Guiqin ^a   Zhang, Wanqi ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY IODINE CONCENTRATION; CHEMISTRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; WATER;

EID: 84888403040     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.179135     Document Type: Article

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