Thyroid volume and urinary iodine in European schoolchildren: Standardization of values for assessment of iodine deficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 180-187

  Delange, F ^a,m   Benker, G ^b   Caron, Ph ^c   Eber, O ^d   Ott, W ^b   Peter, F ^e   Podoba, J ^f   Simescu, M ^g   Szybinsky, Z ^h   Vertongen, F ⁱ   Vitti, P ^j   Wiersinga, W ^k   Zamrazil, V ^l  

^a International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders   (Belgium)

^b MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^d KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^e Buda Children's Hospital   (Hungary)

^f University Hospital in Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^g C I PARHON NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Romania)

^h JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

ⁱ FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^l INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^m ICCID   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; STUDENTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0031044946     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1360180     Document Type: Article

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