Environmental, urinary iodine status and prevalence of goitre among schoolchildren in a high altitude area of Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the iodine deficiency, prevalence of goitre among schoolchildren and measuring environmental iodine in Taif city, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: A cross-sectional multistage cluster-sampling methodology was done on 1887 schoolchildren. Their urinary iodine concentration...

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Autores principales: Omar, Mohamed Salah, El-Sayed Desouky, Dalia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Professional Medical Publications 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4476353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101502
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.312.6637

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4476353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101502
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.312.6637

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