Excess iodine intake: sources, assessment, and effects on thyroid function

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1446, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 44-65

  Farebrother, Jessica ^a,b   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,c   Andersson, Maria ^a,c,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Iodine Network   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

iodine; iodine excess; iodized salt; thyroglobulin; thyroid autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DRINKING WATER; ERYTHROSINE; IODINE; IODIZED SALT; LIOTHYRONINE; POVIDONE IODINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST MILK; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; SEAWEED; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; THYROID WEIGHT; URINE LEVEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 85062683634     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14041     Document Type: Article

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