Iodine deficiency does exist but is difficult to assess in individuals

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1292, 2009, Pages 101-102

  Skeaff, Sheila ^a   Thomson, Christine ^a   Eastman, Creswell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GOITER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY;

DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IODINE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 66949171421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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