Seven deadly sins in confronting endemic iodine deficiency, and how to avoid them

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1332-1335

  Dunn, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; COST; EDUCATION; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID WEIGHT;

CHILD; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0029870181     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.4.1332     Document Type: Article

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