Thyroid ultrasound compared with World Health Organization 1960 and 1994 palpation criteria for determination of goiter prevalence in regions of mild and severe iodine deficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 727-731

  Zimmermann, M ^a   Saad, A ^a   Hess, S ^a   Torresani, T ^a   Chaouki, N ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034516226     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1430727     Document Type: Article

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