Neonatal blood TSH concentration in Wales (UK): An indicator of iodine sufficiency

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 606-609

  Evans, Carol ^a   Nix, Arthur Barry ^b   Hillier, Sharon ^a   Moat, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOITER; URINE;

GOITER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; WALES;

EID: 84908087496     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12474     Document Type: Article

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