Persistence of iodine deficiency in a Gangetic flood-prone area, West Bengal, India

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 528-532

  Sen, Tapas Kumar ^a   Biswas, Akhil Bandhu ^b   Chakrabarty, Indranil ^c   Das, Dilip Kumar ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, Ramachandran ^d   Manickam, Punnaih ^d   Hutin, Yvan ^d  

^a Govt of West Bengal ^*  (India)

^b R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d National Institute of Epidemiology   (India)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Goitre; India; Iodine content of the salt; Iodine deficiency; Total goitre rate (TGR); Urinary iodine excretion (UIE)

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SALT INTAKE; URINE;

CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 33845460365     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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