Association of socioeconomic status with iodine supply and thyroid disorders in northeast Germany

Thyroid

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 348-353

  Völzke, Henry ^a   Craesmeyer, Clara ^a   Nauck, Matthias ^a   Below, Harald ^a   Kramer, Axel ^a   John, Ulrich ^a   Baumeister, Sebastian ^a   Ittermann, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOITER; HUMAN; INCOME; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GERMANY; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84874878351     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2012.0416     Document Type: Article

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