Seasonality in the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism in Japan: Gender-specific patterns and correlation with temperature

Thyroid

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 869-874

  Gu, Yan Hong ^a   Kato, Tadaaki ^a   Harada, Shohei ^a   Inomata, Hiroaki ^b   Saito, Tomohiro ^a   Aoki, Kikumaro ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b Inomata Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^c Aiiku Maternal and Child Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 35348960863     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.0317     Document Type: Article

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