Increased thyroid volume and prevalence of thyroid disorders in an area heavily polluted by polychlorinated biphenyls

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 402-409

  Langer, P ^a   Tajtakova M ^b   Fodor, G ^c   Kocan A ^d   Bohov, P ^a   Michalek J ^c   Kreze, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c Institute of Clinical Endocrinology   (Slovakia)

^d INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVAKIA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SLOVAKIA; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0031728511     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1390402     Document Type: Article

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