Iodine deficiency in pregnant women in the apparently iodine-sufficient capital city of Turkey

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 615-620

  Kutlu, Alev Oguz ^a   Kara, Cengiz ^b  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID FUNCTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867320721     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04440.x     Document Type: Article

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