Benefits and risks from the national strategy for improvement of iodine nutrition in Bulgaria: study on schoolchildren living in a rural area

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 456-458

  Gatseva, P D ^a   Argirova, M D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Iodine deficiency; Salt iodization; Schoolchildren; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHILD; IODINE; NATIONAL STRATEGY; NUTRITION; RURAL AREA; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINATION; MALE; MONITORING; NUTRITION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; TITRIMETRY; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BULGARIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IODINE; IODINE COMPOUNDS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID DISEASES;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349176016     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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