Current status of urinary iodine excretion levels in 116 Districts of India [1]

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-

  Kapil, Umesh ^a   Singh, Preeti ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHILD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; RELIABILITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

GOITER; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 4344686782     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.4.245     Document Type: Letter

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