Status of iodine nutrition in Bulgarian schoolchildren - Results from strategies for prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 258-261

  Gatseva, P ^a   Argirova, M ^a   Vladeva, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Iodine deficiency; Schoolchildren; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 33750415828     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/tep23258     Document Type: Article

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