A review of the case for neonatal thyrotropin screening in developing countries: The example of India

Thyroid

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 591-598

  Bhatara, Vinod ^a,b   Sankar, Rajan ^c   Unutzer, Jurgen ^a   Peabody, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; BLOOD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; MASS SCREENING;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYROTROPIN; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; HUMANS;

EID: 0035992873     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072502320288447     Document Type: Review

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