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Environmental pollution

open access: yesEnvironmental Pollution Series A, Ecological and Biological, 1981
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Environmental pollutants and the thyroid

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2009
Common environmental exposures may affect thyroid function in humans. Foetuses and infants are most vulnerable to these effects because they need thyroid hormone for normal neurodevelopment. Perchlorate, thiocyanate and nitrate are all competitive inhibitors of the sodium/iodine symporter (NIS) in pharmacologic doses, but their effects on human thyroid
Elizabeth N, Pearce, Lewis E, Braverman
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Fate of Environmental Pollutants

Water Environment Research, 2017
This annual review covers the literature published in 2016 on topics related to the occurrence and fate of emerging environmental pollutants in wastewater. Due to the vast amount of literature published on this topic, we have discussed only a portion of the quality research publications, due to limitation of space.
Rahul Kumar   +2 more
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Environmental pollution and allergy

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2001
Among the theories supporting the increase of allergic diseases in modern western countries during the last several decades is the concept that environmental pollutants may play a vital role. Reading this article will enable the reader to recognize the effect of different types of environmental pollution on the development, modulation, and persistence ...
J, Ring, B, Eberlein-Koenig, H, Behrendt
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