Thyroid volumes in schoolchildren of the Emirates

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-60

  Azizi, Fereidoun ^a   Malik, M ^a   Bebars, E ^b   Delshad, H ^a   Bakir, A ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Endemic goiter; Thyroid ultrasonography; Thyroid volume

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; BOY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; GIRL; GOITER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID WEIGHT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0037216986     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345123     Document Type: Article

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