Endemic goiter in Tuscany;Epidemiologia del gozzo endemico in Toscana

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-397

  Maccherini, Doretta ^a   Antonangeli, Lucia ^a   Leoli, Francesco ^a   Rago, Teresa ^a   Vitti, Paolo ^a   Aghini Lombardi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Goiter prevalence; Iodine deficiency; Iodized salt prophylaxis; Urinary iodine excretion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IODINE; SODIUM IODIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC GOITER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; TOPOGRAPHY; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IODINE; ITALY; SODIUM IODIDE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032233080     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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