Thyroid dysfunction in ambulatory elderly Chinese subjects in an area of borderline iodine intake

Thyroid

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-114

  Kung, Annie W C ^a   Janus, Edward D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHINESE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029937994     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1996.6.111     Document Type: Article

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