The association between weight gain and thyroid function in an older population

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2283-2284

  Gopinath, Bamini ^b   Liew, Gerald ^b   Flood, Victoria M ^b   Jie, Jin Wang ^b   Kifley, Annette ^b   Leeder, Stephen R ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

DIET; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 55949133505     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.20.2283     Document Type: Letter

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