Epidemiology of nodular goitre. Influence of iodine intake

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 465-479

  Carlé, Allan ^a   Krejbjerg, Anne ^a   Laurberg, Peter ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

epidemiology; goitre; iodine deficiency; nodular goitre; nodules; review

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

AUTOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NODULAR GOITER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROID WEIGHT; ULTRASOUND; URINE LEVEL; DEFICIENCY; DENMARK; EATING; ECHOGRAPHY; GOITER, NODULAR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUTOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EATING; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; IODINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84904724733     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2014.01.001     Document Type: Review

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