Association of hypothyroidism with low-level arsenic exposure in rural West Texas

Environmental Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-160

  Gong, Gordon ^a   Basom, Janet ^a   Mattevada, Sravan ^b   Onger, Frederick ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Low level arsenic exposure; Rural Texas

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IODINE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; AGED; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TOXICITY; VERY ELDERLY; WATER POLLUTANT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84923122788     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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