Iodine fortification may influence the age-related change in thyroid volume: A longitudinal population-based study (DanThyr)

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 507-517

  Krejbjerg, Anne ^a   Bjergved, Lena ^b,c   Pedersen, Inge Bülow ^a   Carlé, Allan ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^b,d,e   Perrild, Hans ^c   Ovesen, Lars ^f   Rasmussen, Lone Banke ^g   Knudsen, Nils ^c   Laurberg, Peter ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Research Centre for Prevention and Health Capital Region of Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE FORTIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899471912     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-13-0918     Document Type: Article

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