Urinary iodine concentration and availability of iodated salt in school children in a goitre-endemic district of tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 79-84

  Kulwa, K B M ^a   Kamuzora, K ^a   Leo, G ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

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EID: 33745832696     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v83i4.9420     Document Type: Article

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