The goiter prevalence and urinary iodine levels among adolescents

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-168

  Kutlu, Ruhuşen ^a   Karaköse, Serdar ^a   Güngör, Kaǧan ^b   Kulaksizoǧlu, Sevsen ^c  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bagcilar Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Goiter; School children; Ultrasonography; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLID TUMOR; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; TUMOR VOLUME; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 80052076624     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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