Universal salt iodization effects on endemic goiter in Arges county, Romania

Acta Endocrinology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-180

  Toma, Adriana ^a   Sava, Mariana ^b   Delia, Corina ^c   Simescu, Mihaela ^b   Tomescu, E ^c   Coculescu, Mihail ^b  

^a Endocrinology Department   (Romania)

^b C I PARHON NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Romania)

^c Alfred Rusescu IOMC   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bread iodization; Endemic goiter; IDD monitoring; Thyroid volume; TSH neonatal screening

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; POTASSIUM IODIDE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BREAD; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; IODINATION; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; ROMANIA; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33845960947     PISSN: 1221356X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4183/aeb.2005.167     Document Type: Article

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