Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (276 pages)
FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion -- 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 -- Appendixes -- 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.