Risk factors for goiter and thyroid nodules

Thyroid

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 879-888

  Knudsen, Nils ^a,b   Laurberg, Peter ^b,c   Perrild, Hans ^a,b   Bülow, Inge ^b,c   Ovesen, Lars ^b,d   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b The Danish Centre for Prevention of Thyroid Diseases (DanThyr)   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; DRINKING WATER; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; IODINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; THIOCYANATE;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOITER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THYROID NODULE; WATER CONTAMINATION; REVIEW;

FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0036808969     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072502761016502     Document Type: Article

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