Screening a coastal population in Southern Italy: Iodine deficiency and prevalence of goitre, nutritional aspects and cardiovascular risk factors

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-19

  Valentino, R ^a,e   Savastano, S ^b   Tommaselli, A P ^c   Di Biase, S ^d   Calvanese, E ^c   Carbone, D ^c   Dorato, M ^b   Orio Jr , F ^b   Lupoli, G ^b   Lombardi, G ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c EUROCDA   (Italy)

^d GENEDIA   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Environmental pollution; Goitre prevalence; Iodine deficiency; Nutritional aspects

Indexed keywords

IODINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING HABIT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PALPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID WEIGHT; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 2342626601     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-4753(04)80042-5     Document Type: Article

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