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Genetic factors that might lead to different responses in individuals exposed to perchlorate.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Nov 2005
Scinicariello Franco, Murray H Edward, Smith Lester, Wilbur Sharon, Fowler Bruce A
Abstract excerpt
Perchlorate has been detected in groundwater in many parts of the United States, and recent detection in vegetable and dairy food products indicates that contamination by perchlorate is more widespread than previously thought. Perchlorate is a competitive inhibitor of the sodium iodide symporter, the thyroid cell-surface protein responsible for transporting iodide from the plasma into the thyroid. An estimated...
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