Thyroid disease awareness is associated with high rates of identifying subjects with previously undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Canaris, Gay J ^a   Tape, Thomas G ^a   Wigton, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Health fair; Screening; Thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH FAIRS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876089156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-351     Document Type: Article

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