Trends in treatments of thyroid disease following iodine fortification in Denmark: A nationwide register-based study

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2018, Pages 763-770

  Møllehave, Line Tang ^a   Linneberg, Allan ^a,b,c   Skaaby, Tea ^a   Knudsen, Nils ^d   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b,e   Thuesen, Betina Heinsbæk ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Iodine; Pharmacoepidemiology; Thyroid diseases

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IODINE FORTIFICATION; LIFESTYLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; STEADY STATE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SURGERY; TREND STUDY;

EID: 85057749764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S164824     Document Type: Article

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