Evaluation of endemic goiter prevalence in Bulgarian schoolchildren: Results from national strategies for prevention and control of iodine-deficiency disorders

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-278

  Gatseva, Penka ^a   Vladeva, Stefka ^a   Argirova, Mariana ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Endemic goiter; Schoolchildren; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BULGARIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SALTS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 34548861210     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02698011     Document Type: Article

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