Risk factors for congenital hypothyroidism: An investigation of infant's birth weight, ethnicity, and gender in California, 1990-1998

Teratology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-41

  Waller, D Kim ^a   Anderson, James L ^a   Lorey, Fred ^b   Cunningham, George C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

HAWAIIA; PIERINAE;

EID: 0033924475     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9926(200007)62:1<36::AID-TERA8>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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