More than a decade of iodine prophylaxis is needed to eradicate goiter among school age children in a moderately iodine-deficient region

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-268

  Erdoǧan, Murat Faik ^a   Demir, Özgür ^a   Emral, Rifat ^a   Kamel, Ahmet Nuri ^a   Erdoǧan, Gürbüz ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID GLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID GLAND; TURKEY;

EID: 62249174425     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0253     Document Type: Article

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