The epidemiology of thyroid disease and implications for screening

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 189-218

  Wang, C ^a   Crapo, L M ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

DISEASE COURSE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030960547     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8529(05)70240-1     Document Type: Article

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