Status of iodine nutriture and salt iodization in Union Territory of Pondicherry, India

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 234-235

  Kapil, Umesh ^a   Singh, Preeti ^a   Pathak, Priyali ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Goitre; Iodine deficiency disorders; Iodized salt; Urinary iodine excretion levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649112233     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2002.234.235     Document Type: Article

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