title: Physical growth and development, neurological maturation and behavioral functioning in two Ecuadorian Andean communities in which goiter is endemic. I. Outline of the problem of endemic goiter and cretinism. Physical growth and neurological maturation in the adult population of La Esperanza.
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003638:Deafness; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014796:Visual Perception