Prevalence of goitre among school children in coastal Karnataka

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 477-479

  Rao, R S P ^a   Kamath, R ^a   Das, Acharya ^a   Nair, N S ^a   Keshavamurthy, ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Goitre; Iodine deficiency; Iodized salt; Urinary iodine excretion

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; URINE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036593422     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02722647     Document Type: Article

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