Endemic goitre in the Sudan despite long-standing programmes for the control of iodine deficiency disorders;Goitre endémique au Soudan malgré les programmes permanents de contrôle des troubles dus à la carence en iode

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-126

  Medani, Abdel Monim M H ^a   Elnour, Abdelsalam A ^b   Saeed, Amal M ^c  

^a SUDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Sudan)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THIOCYANATE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROXINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC GOITER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDAN; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CELL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUDAN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EGYPT; KOSTI; RED SEA COAST; SUDAN; WHITE NILE;

EID: 79551676185     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.075002     Document Type: Article

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