Epidemiological study of risk factors for goiter among primary schoolchildren in southern Ethiopia

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-27

  Wolka, Eskinder ^a   Shiferaw, Solomon ^b   Biadgilign, Sibhatu ^c  

^a WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; Ethiopia; Goiter; Risk; School

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; IODIDE; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ETHIOPIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84901608558     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500103     Document Type: Article

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