Iodine status and the effect of soil erosion on trace elements in Nanka and Oba Towns of Anambra State, Nigeria

Annali di Chimica

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 895-903

  Olife, Ifeyinwa C ^a   Okaka, Antoinette N ^a   Dioka, Chudi E ^a   Meludu, Samuel C ^a   Orisakwe, Orish E ^b  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; URINE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; VERNONIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 34548860071     PISSN: 00034592     EISSN: 16128877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adic.200790074     Document Type: Article

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