Epidemiology of endemic goiter in Italy;Epidemiologia del gozzo endemico in Italia

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-314

  Aghini Lombardi, Fabrizio ^a   Antonangeli, Lucia ^a   Vitti, Paolo ^a  

^a Dipto di Endocrinol e Metabolismo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endemic goiter; Epidemiological surveys; Iodine deficiency; Urinary iodine excretion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC GOITER; HUMAN; ITALY; PREVALENCE; THYROID DISEASE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; ITALY; PREVALENCE; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 0032233517     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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