Original articlehousehold salt iodine content estimation with the use of rapid test kits and iodometric titration methods

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 892-895

  Kumar Nepal, Ashwini ^a   Raj Shakya, Prem ^b   Gelal, Basanta ^a   Lamsal, Madhab ^a   Brodie, David A ^c   Baral, Nirmal ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b Patan Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^c Buckinghamshire University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iodine deficiency; Nepal; Salt iodine content

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IODOMETRIC TITRATION METHOD; NEPAL; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAPID TEST; SALT INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM LOAD; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84877132045     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5477.2969     Document Type: Article

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