Iodine Status and Prevalence of Goitre in School Going Children in Rural Area

Introduction: Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is one of the preventable major public health problems in India. It has been always thought that goitre was only found in the Himalayan goitre belt. Recent surveys outside the conventional goitre belt have identified foci of iodine deficiency in oth...

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Main Authors: Sridhar P.V, Kamala C.S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2014-08-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4732/6311_E(R)_F(P)_PFA(P)_PF2(PAG).pdf