Thyroid volume, selenium levels and nutritional habits in a rural region in Albania

Hormones

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-302

  Doupis, John ^b   Stavrianos, Charalambos ^a   Saltiki, Katerina ^a   Mantzou, Emily ^a   Mastrokostopoulos, Antonios ^b   Philippou, George ^a   Alevizaki, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Military Hospital of Gyrocaster   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Iodine; Nutrition; Protein diet; Selenium; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IODINE; SELENIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GOAT; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LAMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; VEGETABLE;

EID: 74849120527     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1246     Document Type: Article

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