Goitre and iodine deficiency in Afghanistan: A case-control study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 196-203

  Oberlin, Odile ^a   Plantin Carrenard, Emmanuelle ^b   Rigal, Odile ^c   Wilkinson, Caroline ^a  

^a Action Contre la Faim   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Jacques Coeur   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Goitre; Iodine deficiency; Thiocyanate; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INFANT; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; THYROID FUNCTION; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; IODINE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 32844464400     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051581     Document Type: Article

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