Effect of perchlorate and thiocyanate exposure on thyroid function of pregnant women from South-West England: a cohort study

Effect of perchlorate and thiocyanate exposure on thyroid function of pregnant women from South-West England: a cohort study

Abstract Background Iodine is important for thyroid hormone synthesis, and iodine deficiency in pregnancy may impair fetal neurological development. As perchlorate and thiocyanate inhibit sodium-iodide symporter reducing the transport of iodine from circulation into the thyroid follicular cells, env...

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Main Authors: Bridget A. Knight, Beverley M. Shields, Xuemei He, Elizabeth N. Pearce, Lewis E. Braverman, Rachel Sturley, Bijay Vaidya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Thyroid Research
Subjects:
Perchlorate
Thiocyanate
Iodine
Thyroid
Pregnancy
Birth weight
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13044-018-0053-x

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