Thyroid volumes in a national sample of iodine-sufficient Swiss school children: Comparison with the World Health Organization/International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders normative thyroid volume criteria

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 599-603

  Hess, S Y ^a   Zimmermann, M B ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID WEIGHT; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0034051270     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1420599     Document Type: Article

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