Low population selenium status is associated with increased prevalence of thyroid disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4037-4047

  Wu, Qian ^a,b   Rayman, Margaret P ^c   Lv, Hongjun ^a   Schomburg, Lutz ^d   Cui, Bo ^a   Gao, Chuqi ^a   Chen, Pu ^a   Zhuang, Guihua ^b   Zhang, Zhenan ^e   Peng, Xiaogang ^f   Li, Hua ^g   Zhao, Yang ^f   He, Xiaohong ^e   Zeng, Gaoyuan ^f   Qin, Fei ^e   Hou, Peng ^a   Shi, Bingyin ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Ziyang County People's Hospital   (China)

^f Ningshan County People's Hospital   (China)

^g Ziyang County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; SOIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOIL; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SELENIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOIL; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946214654     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-2222     Document Type: Article

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