Endemic goitre and excessive iodine in urine and drinking water among Saharawi refugee children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1472-1477

  Henjum, Sigrun ^a   Barikmo, Ingrid ^a   Gjerlaug, Anne Karine ^a   Mohamed Lehabib, Abderrahman ^b   Oshaug, Arne ^a   Arne Strand, Tor ^c,d   Torheim, Liv Elin ^e  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b Saharawi Ministry of Health Tindouf   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Sykehuset Innlandet ^*  (Norway)

^e Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Iodine excess; Iodine intake; Saharawi refugee children; Thyroid volume; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ALGERIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; THYROID GLAND; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGERIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; THYROID GLAND; WATER;

EID: 77957242411     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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