Goitre prevalence and epidemiological features in children living in areas with mildly excessive iodine in drinking-water

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-92

  Lv, Shengmin ^a   Xu, Dong ^a   Wang, Yuchun ^b   Chong, Zhenshui ^a   Du, Yonggui ^a   Jia, Lihui ^a   Zhao, Jun ^a   Ma, Jing ^a  

^a Hebei Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Hengshui Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Epidemiological features; Goitre; Iodine excess; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID GLAND; THYROID VOLUME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; IODINE INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID WEIGHT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS;

BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHINA; DIET; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID GLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84891779179     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513001906     Document Type: Article

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