Double fortified salt and deworming”- Game changers in the battle against iodine and iron malnutrition in Indian school children

Indian Journal of Community Health

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-182

  Reddy, Kejal Joshi ^a,b   Nair, Sirimavo ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL DEEMED UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Double fortified salt supplementation; Iodine deficiency; Iron deficiency; School children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939241980     PISSN: 09717587     EISSN: 22489509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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