Prevalence of Iodine Deficiency Disorders in a Village of Dakshina Kannada District of Coastal Karnataka and Effect of Salt Iodinisation

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1003-1007

  Pereira, Pratibha ^a   Adhikari, Prabha ^a   Nayak, S ^a   Chauta, N ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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