Assessment of Iodine Deficiency Disorders using the 30 cluster approach in the National Capital Territory of Delhi

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1013-1017

  Kapil, Umesh ^a   Saxena, Nandini ^a   Ramachandran, Shoba ^a   Balamurugan, A ^a   Nayar, Deepika ^a   Prakash, Shyam ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Goiter; Iodine deficiency disorders; Iodised salt; Urinary iodine excretion

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALT INTAKE; SAMPLE SIZE; URINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLE SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030321519     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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