Urinary iodine excretion and thyroid function status in school age children of hilly and plain regions of Eastern Nepal

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shakya, Prem Raj ^a   Gelal, Basanta ^b   Das, Binod Kumar Lal ^b   Lamsal, Madhab ^b   Pokharel, Paras Kumar ^b   Nepal, Ashwini Kumar ^b   Brodie, David A ^c   Sah, Gauri Shankar ^b   Baral, Nirmal ^b  

^a Nepal Academy of Science and Technology   (Nepal)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^c BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iodine status; Iodized salt; Nepal; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; URINE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NEPAL; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84940211940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1359-6     Document Type: Article

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