The role of thiocyanate in the etiology of goiter in an industrial metropolitan area

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-235

  Brauer, V F H ^b   Below, H ^a   Kramer, A ^a   Fuhrer D ^b   Paschke, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IODINE; THIOCYANATE;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID WEIGHT; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOITER; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; THIOCYANATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644600453     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02076     Document Type: Article

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