Peace impact on health: Population access to iodized salt in south Sudan in post-conflict period

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-182

  Gaffar, Abdelrahim Mutwakel ^a,b   Mahfouz, Mohamed Salih ^a,c  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUDAN;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM, DIETARY; SUDAN; WAR;

EID: 79959636765     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.178     Document Type: Article

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