The Danish investigation on iodine intake and thyroid disease, DanThyr: Status and perspectives

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-228

  Laurberg, Peter ^e   Jørgensen, Torben ^b   Perrild, Hans ^c   Ovesen, Lars ^a,d   Knudsen, Nils ^b,c   Pedersen, Inge Bülow ^e   Rasmussen, Lone B ^a   Carlé, Allan ^e   Vejbjerg, Pernille ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d The National Heart Foundation   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; GROUND WATER; IODINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREAD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GOITER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 33747655042     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02210     Document Type: Article

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