Epidemiology of thyroid disease in Hamilton (New Zealand) general practice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 421-423

  Gibbons, Veronique ^a,b   Conaglen, John V ^a   Lillis, Steven ^a   Naras, Vignesh ^a   Lawrenson, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Family practice; New Zealand; Prevalence; Thyroid diseases

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CARBIMAZOLE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IODINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID DISEASES; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049097357     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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