Effects of immigration on the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 356-359

  Kaiserman, Igor ^b   Maytal, Avni ^b   Siebner, Ran ^b   Sack, Joseph ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTHERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030869993     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370356     Document Type: Article

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