Thirty years of a ban on the sale of noniodized salt: Impact on iodine nutrition in children in Himachal Pradesh, India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-258

  Kapil, Umesh ^a   Sharma, Thakur Dutt ^b   Singh, Preeti ^a   Dwivedi, Sada Nand ^a   Kaur, Supreet ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre   (India)

Author keywords

India; Iodine deficiency disorders; Salt iodization; Urinary iodine excretion

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SALT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 26044456130     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650502600301     Document Type: Article

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