Influence of dietary habits on thyroid status of a nomadic people, the Bororo shepherds, roaming a central African region affected by severe iodine deficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 681-685

  Biassoni, Paolo ^a   Ravera, Giambattista ^b   Bertocchi, Jone ^c   Schenone, Federico ^d   Bourdoux, Pierre ^e,f  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Central African Republic)

^b Institute of Statistics and Biometry   (Central African Republic)

^c Civil Hospital of Ngaoundaye   (Central African Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THIOCYANATE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASSAVA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, CENTRAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID GLAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0031810631     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380681     Document Type: Article

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