Goitre prevalence and thyroid abnormalities at ultrasonography: A comparative epidemiological study in two regions with slightly different iodine status

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 479-485

  Knudsen, Nils ^a   Bülow, Inge ^c,e   Jørgensen, Torben ^b,e   Laurberg, Peter ^c,e   Ovesen, Lars ^d,e   Perrild, Hans ^a,e  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

^e Danish Centre for Prevention of Thyroid Diseases   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID WEIGHT; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0033790197     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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