Sufficient iodine intake in schoolchildren from the Zagreb area: Assessment with dried blod spot thyroglobulin as a new functional biomarker for iodine deficiency

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 424-430

  Jukić, Tomislav ^a,b,c   Zimmermann, Michael Bruce ^d   Granić, Roko ^a   Prpić, Marin ^a   Krilić, Dražena ^a   Jureša, Vesna ^b   Katalenić, Marijan ^e   Kusić, Zvonko ^a,b  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dried blood spot; Iodine analysis; Iodine intake; Iodine urine; Iodine sufficiency; Schoolchildren; Thyroglobulin analysis; Thyroid gland function tests; Thyroid gland ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROATIA; DIETARY INTAKE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CROATIA; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROGLOBULIN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84964789965     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: 13339451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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