Taste sensitivity to PTC and thyroid function (FT4 and TSH) in high- and low-altitude Kirghiz populations in the Pamir

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Facchini, Fiorenzo ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a   Rimondi, Andrea ^a   Sichimbaeva, Kulan ^b   Riva, Pietro ^c   Salvi, Paolo ^c   Pretolani, Enzo ^c   Fiori, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

^c BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIGH ALTITUDE; KIRGHIZ PAMIR; PTC; THYROID FUNCTION

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031081607     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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