Goitre prevalence and thyroid abnormalities at ultrasonography: a comparative epidemiological study in two regions with slightly different iodine status
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 53 (4), 479-485
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01121.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The association between severe iodine deficiency and endemic goitre is well established, but little information is available on the relation between milder degrees of iodine deficiency and...Keywords
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