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Basis of the Massachusetts Reference Dose and Drinking Water Standard for Perchlorate

OBJECTIVE: Perchlorate inhibits the uptake of iodide in the thyroid. Iodide is required to synthesize hormones critical to fetal and neonatal development. Many water supplies and foods are contaminated with perchlorate. Exposure standards are needed but controversial. Here we summarize the basis of...

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Autores principales: Zewdie, Tsedash, Smith, C. Mark, Hutcheson, Michael, West, Carol Rowan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20056583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0900635