Beneficial effects of iodized salt prophylaxis on thyroid volume in an iodine deficient area of southern Italy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-129

  Bonofiglio, Daniela ^b   Catalano, Stefania ^b   Perri, Anna ^b   Baldini, Maria Pia ^b   Marsico, Stefania ^b   Tagarelli, Andrea ^b   Conforti, Domenico ^b,c   Guido, Rosita ^b,c   Andò, Sebastiano ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Pharmaco Biology ^*

^c Laboratory of Decision Engineering for Health Care Delivery   (Italy)

^d Centro Sanitario   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID WEIGHT; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 66949129685     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03432.x     Document Type: Article

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