Assessment of goiter prevalence, iodine status and thyroid functions in school-age children of rural Yusufeli district in eastern Turkey

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-21

  Özkan, Behzat ^a   Olgun, Haşim ^a   Ceviz, Naci ^a   Polat, Pinar ^a   Taysi, Seyithan ^a   Orbak, Zerrin ^a   Koşan, Celalettin ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Iodine deficiency; Turkey

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COMORBIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NODULAR GOITER; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID WEIGHT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINE LEVEL;

CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; TURKEY;

EID: 1542605738     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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