The association between cobalt deficiency and endemic goiter in school-aged children

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 307-311

  Sanjari, Mojgan ^a   Gholamhoseinian, Ahmad ^b   Nakhaee, Akram ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c International Center for Science High Technology and Environmental Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Goiter; Iodine deficiency; Thyroid; Urine Iodine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955505449     PISSN: 2093596X     EISSN: 20935978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3803/EnM.2014.29.3.307     Document Type: Article

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