Fairly elevated incidence of goiter with marginally low urinary iodine in adolescents living in the north-western part of Tunisia

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 363-365

  El May, M V ^a   Bourdoux, P ^b   Ben Slimane, F ^a   Ben Abdallah, M ^a   Mtimet, S ^a  

^a SALAH AZAIEZ INSTITUTE   (Tunisia)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endemic goiter; IDD; Iodine deficiency; Thyroid hormones; Tunisia; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUNISIA; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IODINE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TUNISIA;

EID: 0030787957     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007325100138     Document Type: Article

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