A survey of urinary iodine concentration in south-east of Caspian sea in northern, Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2166-2171

  Mansourian, Azad R ^a,b   Ghaemi, Ezat O ^a   Ahmadi, Ali R ^a   Saifi, Akhtar ^a   Moradi, Abdol V ^a   Bakhshandeh Nosrat, Sepideh ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Goiter; Iodine deficiency; Thyroid gland; Thyroid hormone; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447319399     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2166.2171     Document Type: Review

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