Environmental factors affecting autoimmune thyroid disease.
A number of environmental factors affect the incidence and progression of autoimmune thyroid disease. Exposure to excess iodine, certain drugs, infectious agents and pollutants, and stress have all been implicated.
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester.
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D000638:Amiodarone / Q000009:adverse effects; D004777:Environment; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D007455:Iodine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008094:Lithium / Q000009:adverse effects; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000209:etiology*
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D007455:Iodine; D008094:Lithium; D000638:Amiodarone