Goitre prevalence and the state of iodine nutrition in sundarban delta of north 24-parganas in West Benegal

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-361

  Chandra, Amar K ^a   Tripathy, Smritiratan ^a   Ghosh, Dishari ^a   Debnath, Arijit ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sanjukta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Endemic goiter; Goitrogens; School children; Urinary iodine; Urinary thiocyanate; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; IODINE; THIOCYANATE; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET; ENDEMIC GOITER; GOITER; HUMAN; INDIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; URINE; VEGETABLE;

ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CHILD; DIET; GOITER; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; THIOCYANATES; VEGETABLES; WATER;

EID: 33748857376     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: 09647058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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