Urinary iodine and other iodine deficiency indicators in a sample of school-age children in Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 863-870

  El Mougi, F A ^a   Abd El Ghaffar, S ^b   Fayek, N A F ^a   Mohammed, M S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; EGYPT; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 28644436116     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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