Association between benign thyroid and endocrine disorders and subsequent risk of thyroid cancer among 4.5 million U.S. male veterans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2661-2669

  Balasubramaniam, Sanjeeve ^a   Ron, Elaine ^a   Gridley, Gloria ^a   Schneider, Arthur B ^b   Brenner, Alina V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

COHORT STUDIES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDITIS; VETERANS;

EID: 84864826596     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2996     Document Type: Article

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