Dynamics of environmental supplementation of iodine: Four years' experience of iodination of irrigation water in hotien, xinjiang, china

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 399-408

  Xin Min, Jiang ^a   Ji Yong, Jiang ^a   Amette, Kareem ^a   Xue Yi, Cao ^b   Rakeman, Murdon Abdul ^b   Zhi Hong, Dou ^b   Mamette, Mahmud ^b   Ming Li, Zhang ^b   Tai, Ma ^c   James, David W ^d   Delong, G Robert ^e  

^a Research Institute   (China)

^b Xinjiang Health and Anti Epidemic Station   (China)

^c Tianjin Medical College   (China)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESERT; INFANT MORTALITY; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODATES; IODINE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SHEEP; SOIL; THYROID GLAND; WATER SUPPLY;

GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0242529002     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602218     Document Type: Article

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