Youth of west-Cameroon are at high risk of developing IDD due to low dietary iodine and high dietary thiocyanate

African Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-185

  Taga, Ibrahim ^a,b   Oumbe, Valere Aime Soh ^a   Johns, Robert ^b   Zaidi, Mohsin Abbas ^b   Yonkeu, Jeanne Ngogang ^b   Altosaar, Illimar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Food; Iodine; Iodine deficiency; Thiocyanate; Urine

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THIOCYANATE; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIET; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORIMETRY; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK; THIOCYANATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349157667     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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