Iodine status and goiter prevalence after 40 years of salt iodisation in the Kangra district, India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-137

  Kapil, Umesh ^a   Sharma, T D ^b   Singh, Preeti ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Health and Family Welfare Training Center   (India)

Author keywords

Goiter; Iodine deficiency disorders; Salt iodisation; Urinary iodine excretion

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; IODIZED SALT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC GOITER; OBSERVER VARIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SALT INTAKE; SEX RATIO; STANDARD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GOITER; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 33947730275     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0005-2     Document Type: Article

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