Current iodine nutrition status and progress toward elimination of iodine deficiency disorders in Jazan, Saudi Arabia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alsanosy, Rashad Mohammed Ali ^a   Gaffar, Abdelrahim Mutwakel ^a,b   Khalafalla, Husam Eldin Elsawi ^a   Mahfouz, Mohamed Salih ^a   Zaid, Abdel Naser Shaaban ^a   Bani, Ibrahim Ahmed ^a  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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

Author keywords

Iodine nutrition; Jazan; Saudi Arabia; USI

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; THYROID DISEASE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 84869192367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1006     Document Type: Article

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