Thyroid ultrasound is the best prevalence indicator for assessment of iodine deficiency disorders: A study in rural/tribal schoolchildren from Gujarat (Western India)

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-46

  Brahmbhatt, Sheela R ^a   Brahmbhatt, Rajesh M ^a   Boyages, Steven C ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0033928893     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1430037     Document Type: Article

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