The goitre rate, its association with reproductive failure, and the knowledge of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) among women in Ethiopia: Cross-section community based study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Abuye, Cherinet ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; POPULATION SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC GOITER; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IODINE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 38449115079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-316     Document Type: Article

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