Thyroid cancer in South Africa - An indicator of regional iodine deficiency

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 735-738

  Kalk, W J ^a   Sitas, F ^a   Patterson, A C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RACE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030789904     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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