Selenium Deficiency a Factor in Endemic Goiter Persistence in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1540-1545

  Kishosha, P A ^a,b   Galukande, M ^b   Gakwaya, A M ^c  

^a Mwanza Zonal Military Hospital   (Tanzania)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELENIUM; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051552075     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1096-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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