Effect of iodized salt on thyroid volume of children living in an area previously characterized by moderate iodine deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1136-1139

  Aghini Lombardi, Fabrizio ^a,b   Antonangeli, Lucia ^b   Pinchera, Aldo ^b   Leoli, Francesco ^b   Rago, Teresa ^b   Bartolomei, Anna M ^a   Vitti, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of S Sepolcro   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SALT INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID WEIGHT; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; ITALY; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0030957616     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.4.1136     Document Type: Article

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