Iodine levels in food and soil in different regions in Cameroon;Évaluation de la teneur en iode des aliments et du sol de certaines régions du Cameroun

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-15

  Taga, Ibrahim ^a   Sameza, Modeste Lambert ^a   Kayo, Anne Valerie ^b   Ngogang, Jeanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Food crop; Iodine; Iodized salt; Soil; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THIOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; BANANA; BEAN; CAMEROON; CASSAVA; COLORIMETRY; CROP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FLOUR; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEANUT; POTATO CYST NEMATODE; RICE; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SWEET POTATO; THYROID FUNCTION; WATER CONTENT; WHEAT; YAM;

CAMEROON; FOOD ANALYSIS; IODINE; SOIL;

EID: 2542425464     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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