Goiter prevalence and iodine nutritional status of school children in a sub-himalayan tarai region of eastern Uttar Pradesh

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 469-474

  Chandra, A K ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Malik, T ^a   Ghosh, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Dietary goitrogen; Endemic goiter; India; Urinary iodine; Urinary thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; URINALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THIOCYANATES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 45849106826     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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