Effect Of Consumption Of Commercially Packed Cow′s Milk On Thyroid Hormone Homeostasis
| Autor: | Chudhuri R N, Bhattacharyya Piyali |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 24, Iss 3, Pp 124-126 (1999) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0970-0218 1998-3581 |
| Popis: | Research question: Whether consumption of commercially packed cowâ€s milk containing thiocyanate as a preservative, has any effect on thyroid function? Objective: To assess the effect of ingestion of thiocyanate through commercially packed cowâ€s milk on thyroid hormone homeostasis. Study Design: Cross sectional. Setting: Urban slum community of Calcutta. Participants: Randomly selected 30 teenage girls consuming commercially packed cowâ€s milk since childhood and ideally matched 30 control subjects consuming non-pack cowâ€s milk since childhood from an urban slum community of Calcutta. Results: Consumption of commercially packed cowâ€s milk was found to inhibit thyroxin synthesis. |
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