Author: Peter Michael Barling
ABSTRACT
A review of current information related to the likely incidences of thyroid diseases in the aged population of Malaysia, raising issues such as the need for further epidemiological studies of iodine intake in relation to thyroid diseases within different geographical regions and population subtypes, the need for general country-wide iodization of salt, and the screening of elderly Malaysians for so-called “occult” thyroid diseases.
Keywords: Thyroid, iodine, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, co-morbidity, goiter, thyroid nodules, rural population, TSH, atrial fibrillation.
Citation: IeJSME 2013 7(2): 4-7
