Iodine deficiency and endemic goitre in the Langkloof area of South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1374-1379

  Jooste, P L ^a   Weight, M J ^a   Kriek, J A ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC GOITER; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; PALPATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; THYROID WEIGHT; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031464002     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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