A challenge for monitoring iodine deficiency disorders in rural Nepal

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-107

  Jimba, Masamine ^a   Aitken, Iain W ^b   Joshi, Anand B ^c   Ohashi, Toshinori ^d   Poudyal, Amod K ^c   Wakai, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d Showa Denko Materials Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; NEPAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY EXCRETION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; URINALYSIS; URINE;

CHILD; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NEPAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 34447303552     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507780609275     Document Type: Article

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