Determinants of thyroid volume in schoolchildren: Fat-free mass versus body fat mass - A cross-sectional study

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-416

  Boyanov, Mihail A ^a   Temelkova, Natalya L ^a   Popivanov, Plamen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BULGARIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; THYROID GLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BULGARIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PUBERTY; THYROID GLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 17144366244     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.10.5.409     Document Type: Article

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