Factors influencing the iodine status of children aged 12 to 59 months from Jaffna District, Sri Lanka in the post-iodization era; a descriptive, cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Iodine status, including Iodine Deficiency (ID) of the children aged 12–59 months of Jaffna District, Sri Lanka, have never been studied. This study thus aimed to assess ID among children aged 12–59 months by monitoring the Urinary Iodine Concentrations (UIC), the prevalence of goitre, a...

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Autores principales: Karthigesu, Kandeepan, Sandrasegarampillai, Balakumar, Arasaratnam, Vasanthy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8211188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34138886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252548

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8211188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34138886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252548

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