Iodine deficiency in urban slums of Bhubaneswar

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 917-921

  Sethy, P G S ^a   Bulliyya, G ^a   Mallick, G ^a   Swain, B K ^a   Kar, S K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Bhubaneswar; Goitre; Iodine deficiency; Orissa; Salt iodine; Urban slums; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIAL CLASS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36949002250     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0169-9     Document Type: Article

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