Iodine nutrition in Brazil: Where do we stand?;Iodo nutricional no Brasil: Como estamos?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 470-474

  Medeiros Neto, Geraldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Excess iodine; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Iodine nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249117415     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302009000400014     Document Type: Article

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