Severe Iodine Deficiency in Southern Albania

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 347-350

  Zimmermann, Michael B ^a   Bridson, John ^b   Bozo, Maksim ^c   Grimci, Lindita ^d   Selimaj, Valbona ^d   Stuart Tanner, M ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Child Advocacy International   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health   (Albania)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^e Swiss Fed Inst of Technol Zurich ^*

Author keywords

Albania; Children; Deficiency; Goiter; Iodine; Salt; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IODINE URINE LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID WEIGHT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0242381736     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.73.5.347     Document Type: Article

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