Persistence of severe iodine-deficiency disorders despite universal salt iodization in an iodine-deficient area in northern India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 424-429

  Yadav, Subhash ^a   Gupta, Sushil Kumar ^a   Godbole, Madan M ^a   Jain, Manoj ^a   Singh, Uttam ^a   Pavithran, Praveen V ^a   Boddula, Raman ^a   Mishra, Anand ^a   Shrivastava, Ashutosh ^a   Tandon, Ashwani ^a   Ora, Manish ^a   Chowhan, Amit ^a   Shukla, Manoj ^a   Yadav, Narendra ^a   Babu, Satish ^a   Dubey, Manoj ^a   Awasthi, Pradeep K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Endemic goitre; Goitre prevalence; Iodine deficiency disorders; Iodine deficient area; Universal salt iodization; Urinary iodine concentration

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALT INTAKE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; IODINE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951236167     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009990280     Document Type: Article

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