Eighteen years of continuously sustained elimination of iodine deficiency in the Islamic Republic of Iran: The vitality of periodic monitoring

Thyroid

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-421

  Delshad, Hossien ^a   Amouzegar, Atieh ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^b   Mehran, Ladan ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY EXCRETION;

CHILD; DIET SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GOITER; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; IRAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84859350312     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0156     Document Type: Article

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