Epidemiological survey of thyroid volume and iodine intake in schoolchildren, postpartum women and neonates living in Ulaan Baatar

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 298-306

  Fuse, Yozen ^a   Igari, Tomoyuki ^b   Yamada, Chieri ^b   Sakano, Shoji ^b   Ito, Harumichi ^a   Umenai, Takusei ^b   Irie, Minoru ^c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c ICCIDD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; MONGOLIA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; MALE; MONGOLIA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREVALENCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0042326375     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01840.x     Document Type: Article

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