Health consequences of iodine deficiency

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-272

  Kapil, Umesh ^a  

^a OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Cretinism; Iodine; Mental Retardation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886440852     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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