Short report: Documentation of iodine deficiency in Haitian schoolchildren: Implication for lymphatic filariasis elimination in Haiti

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 56-57

  Beach, M J ^a   Streit, T G ^a   Houston, R ^a   May, W A ^a   Addiss, D G ^a   Lammie, P J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HAITI; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA FOOD;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034971634     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.64.56     Document Type: Article

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