Risk factors for Graves' disease

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-18

  Janković, Slavenka M ^a,b   Radosavljević, Vladan R ^a   Marinković, Jelena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Epidemiology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

case control study; Graves' disease; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031057159     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007304830553     Document Type: Article

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