Consequences of excess iodine

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 136-142

  Leung, Angela M ^a   Braverman, Lewis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; EXPECTORANT AGENT; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; MOUTHWASH; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN;

ADAPTATION; BREAD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE INTAKE; KELP; MILK; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTOXICOSIS; VAGINAL DOUCHE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; METABOLISM; THYROID GLAND;

HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84905747367     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2013.251     Document Type: Review

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