Thoughts on prevention of thyroid disease in the United States

Thyroid

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 925-929

  Cooper, David S ^a   Ridgway, E Chester ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL CARE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; PREVALENCE; THYROID DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036808943     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072502761016566     Document Type: Article

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