Iodine-induced goitre and high prevalence of anaemia among Saharawi refugee women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1512-1518

  Henjum, Sigrun ^a   Barikmo, Ingrid ^a   Strand, Tor A ^b,c   Oshaug, Arne ^a   Torheim, Liv Elin ^d  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Excess urinary iodine; Iodine rich drinking water; Iron deficiency; Saharawi refuge women

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGERIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGERIA; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IODINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864046293     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011002886     Document Type: Article

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