Prevalence and risk factors of iodine deficiency among schoolchildren

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-171

  Gür, Emel ^a   Ercan, Oya ^a   Can, Günay ^a   Akkuş, Semra ^a   Güzelöz, Şima ^b   Ciftcili, Sedar ^a   Arvas, Ahmet ^a   Ilter, Özdemir ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; POTASSIUM IODATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TURKEY;

EID: 0038110649     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.3.168     Document Type: Article

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