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Iodine deficiency among goiter patients in rural South Sudan

BACKGROUND: It is estimated that 2.2 billion or approximately 30% of the world’s population live in iodine-deficient areas. In a 2005 study households consuming iodized salt in South Sudan increased from 40% to 73%. Despite this achievement, there are still many goiter cases in rural South Sudan and...

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Autores principales: Chuot, Chep C, Galukande, Moses, Ibingira, Charles, Kisa, Nicholas, Fualal, Jane Odubu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25338773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-751