Iodine nutritional status among school children in selected areas of Howrah District in West Bengal, India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-57

  Chandra, Amar K ^a   Debnath, Arijit ^a   Tripathy, Smritiratan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Endemic goitre; Goitrogens; School children; Urinary iodine; Urinary thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; DRINKING WATER; IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOCYANATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IODINE URINE LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; WATER SAMPLING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 39049084927     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm063     Document Type: Article

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