Environmental factors altering thyroid function and their assessment.
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Environmental factors altering thyroid function and their assessment.
Chronic ingestion of modest doses of dietary iodine, radiation, and polyhalogenated biphenyls (PCB's and PBB's) are environmental factors with known or suspected adverse effects on the human thyroid. Iodine consumption in the United States is approaching 1 mg daily for a large segment of the population. Data are reviewed which support the need for concern regarding the long-term adverse effects...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.813871