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Dietary pattern and its association with iodine deficiency among school children in southwest Ethiopia; A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Despite the universal iodization of salt in Ethiopia, iodine deficiency disorder remains a major public health problem and continued to affect a large segment of the population. It is thus essential to assess factors contributing to the unacceptably high endemic goiter rate in the countr...

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Main Authors: Hassen, Hamid Yimam, Beyene, Melkamu, Ali, Jemal Haider
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2019
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6692009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31408495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221106