Excessive iodine intake, water chemicals and endemic goitre in a Sudanese coastal area

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1586-1592

  Medani, Abdel Monim M H ^a,d   Elnour, Abdelsalam A ^b   Saeed, Amal M ^c  

^a SUDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Sudan)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d Al Farabi Dental College   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Endemic goitre; Iodine excess; Schoolchildren; Sudan; Water chemicals

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; IODINE; MAGNESIUM;

BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SUDAN; THYROID GLAND; URINE; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC GOITER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CHILD; CHLORIDES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HARDNESS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; MAGNESIUM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SUDAN; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84881102405     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004685     Document Type: Article

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