Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction in Adults over Age 60 Years from an Urban Community

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 480-485

  Díez, Juan J ^a,c   Molina, I ^a   Ibars, M T ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b Center of Primary Care V Centenario   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0347133501     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44707     Document Type: Article

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