Evidence of endemic goiter and iodine deficiency in a mountainous area of haiti

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 298-301

  Tenpenny, K Elliott ^a   Trent, Caleb J ^b   Sutherland, Philip A ^a   Middlesworth, Lester Van ^a   Williams Cleaves, Beverly ^a   Braverman, Lewis E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GOITER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAITI; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THYROID GLAND; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HAITI; HUMANS; IODINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649239964     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP08330.ORR1     Document Type: Article

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