Status of iodine deficiency in district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh after 60 years of salt iodization

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 827-828

  Kapil, U ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Kabra, M ^a   Jain, V ^a   Sareen, N ^a   Bhadoria, A S ^a   Vijay, J ^a   Nigam, S ^a   Khenduja, P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

goiter; iodine; iodized salt

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID GLAND; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84881478868     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.119     Document Type: Article

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