Iodine deficiency and goitre in schoolchildren in Melbourne, 2001

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 159-162

  McDonnell, Ciara M ^a   Harris, Mark ^a   Zacharin, Margaret R ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GIRL; GOITER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PALPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; THYROID GLAND; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0037450294     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05131.x     Document Type: Article

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