Iodine status and fish intake of Sudanese schoolchildren living in the Red Sea and White Nile regions

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2265-2271

  Hussein, Izzeldin S ^a,b   Min, Yoeju ^a   Ghebremeskel, Kebreab ^a   Gaffar, Abdelrahim M ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Gulf Region   (Oman)

Author keywords

Children; Fish; Iodine; Iodised salt; Sudan

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SEA FOOD; SUDAN; URINE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SUDAN;

EID: 84870228470     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012000833     Document Type: Article

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