Prevalence of previously undiagnosed hypothyroidism in residents of a midwestern nursing home

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 1259-1261

  Drinka, Paul J ^a   Nolten, Wolfram E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0025614818     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199011000-00006     Document Type: Article

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