Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis: Could it be influenced by a petrochemical complex? Data from a cytological study in South-Eastern Sicily

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 383-389

  Arena, Salvatore ^a   Latina, Adele ^b   Baratta, Roberto ^c   Burgio, Giuseppe ^d   Gullo, Damiano ^c   Benvenga, Salvatore ^b,e  

^a Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d ARPA Sicilia (Agenzia Regionale Per la Protezione Ambientale) District of Siracusa   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROCHEMICAL AGENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OIL SPILL; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SICILY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84927640242     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-14-0864     Document Type: Article

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