Impact assessment of salt iodization on the prevalence of goiter in District Swat

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-307

  Akhtar, Tasleem ^a   Zahoor, Ullah ^a   Paracha, Pervez Iqbal ^b   Lutfullah, Ghosia ^c  

^a KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Goitre; IDD; School Children; Universal salt iodization

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDIMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GOITER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE CONTENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SALT IODIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVERSAL SALT IODIZATION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 11144336717     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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