Application of geographic information system in TSH neonatal screening for monitoring of iodine deficiency areas in Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 362-367

  Charoensiriwatana, Wiyada ^a   Srijantr, Pongsant ^b   Janejai, Noppavan ^a   Hasan, Supaphan ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 42349106466     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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