Prevalence of iodine deficiency disorders among school children of Delhi

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 112-114

  Pandav, C S ^a   Mallik, A ^a   Anand, K ^a   Pandav, S ^a   Karmarkar, M G ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; URINE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031135503     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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