Consumption of drinking water with high nitrate levels causes hypertrophy of the thyroid
Autor: | P.L.J.M. Mertens, A. van Dijk, K. Mulder, J.C.S. Kleinjans, P. C. A. Menheere, J.M.S. van Maanen, M. De Baets, D. Van Der Heide |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Thyroid Gland Thyrotropin Toxicology Nitrate Muscle hypertrophy Excretion chemistry.chemical_compound Thyroid-stimulating hormone Water Supply Internal medicine medicine Humans Drinking water Thyroid Nitrates Dose-Response Relationship Drug Chemistry General Medicine Hypertrophy Water wells Iodides Middle Aged medicine.disease Iodine deficiency Dose–response relationship Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Food Human and Animal Physiology Toxicity WIAS Fysiologie van Mens en Dier Female Water Pollutants Chemical Iodine |
Zdroj: | Toxicology Letters, 72, 365-374 Toxicology Letters 72 (1994) |
ISSN: | 0378-4274 |
Popis: | We studied the effect of nitrate contamination of drinking water on volume and function of the thyroid in human populations exposed to different nitrate levels in their drinking water. Two sets of low and medium (tap) water, respectively medium and high (well) water nitrate exposure groups were compared. Drinking of nitrate-contaminated water was dose-dependently related with 24-h urinary nitrate excretion and salivary nitrate levels. No iodine deficiency was observed in any of the nitrate exposure groups. A dose-dependent difference in the volume of the thyroid was observed between low and medium vs. high nitrate exposure groups, showing development of hypertrophy at nitrate levels exceeding 50 mg/l. An inverse relationship was established between the volume of the thyroid and serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. |
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