Prevalence and associated factors of goiter among rural children aged 6-12 years old in Northwest Ethiopia, cross -sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mesele, Molla ^a   Degu, Getu ^a   Gebrehiwot, Haimanot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; Ethiopia; Goiter; Iodine deficiency

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; SALT INTAKE;

CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SALT INTAKE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84893708672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-130     Document Type: Article

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