Thyroid function and urinary iodine status in primary school age children of the hills and the plains of Eastern Nepal

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 332-333

  Chaudhari, Rajendra K ^a   Gelal, Basabta ^a   Brodie, David A ^a   Baral, Nirmal ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iodine deficiency; Subclinical hypothyroidism; Urinary iodine excretion (UIE)

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VENOUS BLOOD;

CHILD; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84863084975     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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