"Goiter, Endemic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of IODINE deficiency disorders characterized by an enlargement of the THYROID GLAND in a significantly large fraction of a POPULATION GROUP. Endemic goiter is common in mountainous and iodine-deficient areas of the world where the DIET contains insufficient amount of iodine.
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Goiter, Endemic- Goiter, Endemic
- Endemic Goiters
- Goiters, Endemic
- Endemic Goiter
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2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Goiter, Endemic" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of maternal iodine supplementation on thyroid function and birth outcome in goiter endemic areas. Curr Med Res Opin. 2015 Apr; 31(4):667-74.
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Persistence of severe iodine-deficiency disorders despite universal salt iodization in an iodine-deficient area in northern India. Public Health Nutr. 2010 Mar; 13(3):424-9.
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Evidence of endemic goiter and iodine deficiency in a mountainous area of Haiti. Endocr Pract. 2009 May-Jun; 15(4):298-301.
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Prevalence of goiter in children 6 to 12 years of age in Ethiopia. Food Nutr Bull. 2007 Dec; 28(4):391-8.
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The goitre rate, its association with reproductive failure, and the knowledge of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) among women in Ethiopia: cross-section community based study. BMC Public Health. 2007 Nov 08; 7:316.
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Role of exposure analysis in solving the mystery of Balkan endemic nephropathy. Croat Med J. 2007 Jun; 48(3):300-11.
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Insufficient level of iodine content in household powder salt in Nepal. Nepal Med Coll J. 2007 Jun; 9(2):75-8.
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Iodine status and goiter prevalence after 40 years of salt iodisation in the Kangra District, India. Indian J Pediatr. 2007 Feb; 74(2):135-7.
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Status of iodine nutriture and universal salt iodisation at beneficiaries levels in Kerala State, India. J Indian Med Assoc. 2006 Apr; 104(4):165-7.
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Thirty years of a ban on the sale of noniodized salt: impact on iodine nutrition in children in Himachal Pradesh, India. Food Nutr Bull. 2005 Sep; 26(3):255-8.