Relationship between goiter and gender: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Endocrine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 539-547

  Malboosbaf, Ramin ^a   Hosseinpanah, Farhad ^b   Mojarrad, Mehdi ^c   Jambarsang, Sara ^c   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gender; Goiter; Iodine deficiency; Meta analysis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PALPATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84877874337     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9831-8     Document Type: Article

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