Health implications of perchlorate ingestion
By: 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.
Contributors: National Academies Press (U.S.); National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Perchlorates -- Enviromental Aspects.; Perchlorates -- Physiological effect.; Drinking water -- Contamination.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The thyroid and disruption of thyroid function in humans; title: 3. Epidemiologic studies of occupational and environmental exposures to perchlorate; title: 4. Animal studies; title: 5. Risk characterization of perchlorate; title: 6. Research recommendations; title: Appendix A. Biographic information on the Committee to Assess the Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion; title: Appendix B. Glossary; title: Appendix C. Participants at public sessions; title: Appendix D. Sensitivity of perchlorate-induced iodide uptake inhibition to serum iodide concentrations; title: Appendix E. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling.