The impact of common micronutrient deficiencies on iodine and thyroid metabolism: the evidence from human studies

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-132

  Hess, Sonja Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

iodine; iron; micronutrient deficiency; selenium; thyroid; vitamin A; zinc

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IRON; LIOTHYRONINE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; SELENIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; ZINC;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; IODINE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; SELENIUM; THYROID GLAND; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 76749101601     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.08.012     Document Type: Review

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