Association of tobacco smoking with goiter in a low-iodine-intake area

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 439-443

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

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

^b Institute for Preventative Medicine   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID WEIGHT; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0037169894     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.4.439     Document Type: Article

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