Circumpolar adaptation, social change, and the development of autoimmune thyroid disorders among the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 703-709

  Cepon, Tara J ^a   Snodgrass, J Josh ^a   Leonard, William R ^b   Tarskaia, Larissa A ^c,d   Klimova, Tatiana M ^e   Fedorova, Valentina I ^e   Baltakhinova, Marina E ^e   Krivoshapkin, Vadim G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e FSRI Institute of Health   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD; COLD CLIMATE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; THYROID DISEASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BASAL METABOLISM; COLD CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCOME; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; RURAL HEALTH; SIBERIA; SOCIAL CHANGE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 79961169704     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21200     Document Type: Article

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