Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 63-75 , February 2010

Neonatal TSH screening: is it a sensitive and reliable tool for monitoring iodine status in populations?

  • Mu Li, PhD (Senior Lecturer)

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationTel.: +61 2 9351 5996; Fax: +61 2 9351 5049.
    • ,
  • Creswell J. Eastman, MD (Clinical Professor, Vice Chairman of ICCIDD and Regional Coordinator Asia Pacific Region)

      Affiliations

    • Sydney Medical School, the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 2 9439 9396; Fax: +61 2 9436 1505.

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