Adverse effects on thyroid of Chinese children exposed to long-Term iodine excess: Optimal and safe Tolerable Upper Intake Levels of iodine for 7-to 14-y-old children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 780-788

  Chen, Wen ^a   Zhang, Yixin ^a   Hao, Yunmeng ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Tan, Long ^a   Bian, Jiancao ^b   Pearce, Elizabeth N ^c   Zimmermann, Michael B ^d   Shen, Jun ^a   Zhang, Wanqi ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Shandong Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Research   (China)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

children; hyperthyrotropinemia; iodine; thyroid volume; Tolerable Upper Intake Level

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; IODIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROTROPINEMIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE SAMPLING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODIDES; IODINE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 85047205016     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy011     Document Type: Article

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