Iodine content of commonly consumed foods and water from the goitre-endemic northeast region of India

Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-331

  Longvah, T ^a   Deosthale, Y G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IODINE;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; ENDEMIC GOITER; FOOD ANALYSIS; INDIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LEGUME; SPICE; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031946914     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(97)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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