Impact of protein energy malnutrition on thyroid size in an iodine deficient population of Gujarat (India): Is it an aetiological factor for goiter?

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-17

  Brahmbhatt, S R ^a   Brahmbhatt, R M ^a   Boyages, S C ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; IODINE; PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH; THYROID WEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0034912224     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1450011     Document Type: Article

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