Prevalence of goiter and urinary iodine status of 7-11-year-old children in Malatya province, Turkey

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-123

  Eǧri, Mücahit ^a   Bayraktar, Nihayet ^a   Temel, Ismail ^a   Ercan, Cihan ^a   Ilgar, Mehtap ^a   Pehlivan, Erkan ^a   Karaoǧlu, Leyla ^a   Güneş, Gülsen ^a   Genç, Metin ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endemic goiter; Malatya; Schoolchildren; Turkey; Urinary iodine status

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; BOY; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; GIRL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID GLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 33746090543     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: 00414301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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