Effect of adequate salt iodization on the prevalence of goiter: A cross-sectional comparative study among school children aged 6-18 Years during 1989 and 1995

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-55

  Mostafavi, H ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Goiter; Goitrogen; Iodine deficiency; Salt Iodinization

Indexed keywords

IODINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IODINATION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 16844365193     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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