Endemic goiter with iodine sufficiency: A possible role for the consumption of pearl millet in the etiology of endemic goiter

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-66

  Elnour, Abdelsalam ^a   Hambraeus, Leif ^b   Eltom, Mohammed ^b   Dramaix, Michèle ^b   Bourdoux, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Goiter; Iodine; Iron; Micronutrient deficiency; Pearl millet; Southern Blue Nile area; Sudan; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IRON; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CEREAL; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SUDAN;

EID: 0033970702     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.1.59     Document Type: Article

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