Current Status of Prevalence of Goiter and Iodine Content of Salt Consumed in District Solan, Himachal Pradesh

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1253-1256

  Sohal, K S ^a   Sharma, T D ^a   Kapil, Umesh ^b   Tandon, Monica ^b  

^a Directorate of Health Services   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SALT INTAKE;

CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 0033288069     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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