Assay of iodine deficiency status in three ecological regions of Nepal by a microdigestion method

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 527-531

  Baral, N ^a   Ramaprasad, C ^a   Lamsal, M ^a   Koner, B C ^a   Koirala, S ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDEMIC GOITER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; URINE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; MASS SCREENING; NEPAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033186635     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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