Iodine status and goitre prevalence in nitrate-exposed schoolchildren living in rural Bulgaria

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 458-461

  Gatseva, Penka D ^a   Argirova, Mariana D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Goitre; Ioduria; Nitrate; Perchlorate; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IODINE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISORDER; HEALTH RISK; IODINE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; WATER POLLUTION; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID DISEASE; URINALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; BULGARIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NITRATES; PERCHLORIC ACID; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 41749086394     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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