Iodine intake as a determinant of thyroid disorders in populations

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-27

  Laurberg, Peter ^a   Cerqueira, Charlotte ^b   Ovesen, Lars ^c   Rasmussen, Lone Banke ^d   Perrild, Hans ^e   Andersen, Stig ^a   Pedersen, Inge Bülow ^a   Carlé, Allan ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; goitre; hyperthyroidism; hypothyroidism; iodine; prevention; thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FOOD INTAKE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NODULAR GOITER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TOXIC GOITER;

BRAIN DISEASES; DENMARK; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IODINE; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 76749106709     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.08.013     Document Type: Review

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