High prevalence of undetected thyroid disorders in an iodine sufficient adult south Indian population

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-77

  Menon, V Usha ^a   Sundaram, K R ^a,b   Unnikrishnan, A G ^a   Jayakumar, R V ^a   Nair, Vasantha ^a   Kumar, Harish ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Antithyroid antibodies; Iodine status; South Indian population; Thyroid dysfunction

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY EXCRETION; COHORT ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 68949118396     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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