Health implications of perchlorate ingestion [electronic resource] / Committee to Assess the Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005Description: xvi, 260 p. : ill.Subject(s): Perchlorates -- Physiological effect | Drinking water -- ContaminationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references.
Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The thyroid and disruption of thyroid function in humans -- 3. Epidemiologic studies of occupational and environmental exposures to perchlorate -- 4. Animal studies -- 5. Risk characterization of perchlorate -- 6. Research recommendations -- Appendix A. Biographic information on the Committee to Assess the Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion -- Appendix B. Glossary -- Appendix C. Participants at public sessions -- Appendix D. Sensitivity of perchlorate-induced iodide uptake inhibition to serum iodide concentrations -- Appendix E. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling.
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