Subclinical thyroid disorders and cognitive performance among adolescents in the United States

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wu, Tiejian ^a,b   Flowers, Joanne W ^a   Tudiver, Fred ^b   Wilson, Jim L ^b   Punyasavatsut, Natavut ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; READING; RISK FACTOR; SEX; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID HORMONES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646552077     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-6-12     Document Type: Article

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