Iodine status in a Sherpa community in a village of the Khumbu region of Nepal

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1431-1436

  Heydon, Emma E ^a   Thomson, Christine D ^a   Mann, Jim ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a   Skeaff, Sheila A ^a   Sherpa, Kami T ^b   Heydon, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Kunde Hospital   (Nepal)

^c Himalayan Trust ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Iodine status; Nepal; Sherpa community

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PALPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROTROPIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69649109373     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008004242     Document Type: Article

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