Clinical assessment of goiter and low urinary iodine concentration depict presence of severe iodine deficiency in pregnant ethiopian women: A cross-sectional study in Rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-141

  Ersino, Getahun ^a,d   Tadele, Ilenok ^a   Bogale, Alemtsehay ^a,b   Abuye, Cherinet ^c   Stoecker, Barbara J ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RURAL POPULATION; SALT INTAKE; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888253052     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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