Iodine And Thyroid Status in A Tribal Village in Wayanad, Kerala in The Post Iodization Era – Observations and Implications

Iodine And Thyroid Status in A Tribal Village in Wayanad, Kerala in The Post Iodization Era – Observations and Implications

Background: Data on thyroid and iodine status in tribal population is scarce. We sought to assess the thyroid and iodine status in this population, by ascertaining the goitre prevalence, thyroid function and thyroid autoimmune markers in adults, and the goitre prevalence and iodine status in school...

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Main Authors: Praveen P Valiyaparambil, Usha V Menon, Vivek Lakshmanan, Sanjeev Vasudevan, Ajitha Kumari, Harish Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medsci Publications 2013-03-01
Series:National Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
Iodine
thyroid
goiter
tribal
Online Access:https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/1465

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