Urine Iodine Status of 8-10-Year Old School Children in Yazd Province during Ten Years (2007-2016)

Background: Iodine is an essential element for growth and development and its inadequate intake leads to insufficient production of thyroid hormone. In developed countries iodine deficiency (ID) is one of the reformable factors. So, this study determined urinary iodine (UI) status of 8-10-year old s...

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Main Authors: Yousof Naghiaee, Mohammad Hassan Lotfi, Hassan Mozaffari-Khosravi, Mahdieh Hajimirzadeh, Fatemeh Amini, Farzaneh Pirmadah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Nutrition and Food Security
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Online Access:http://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-28&slc_lang=en&sid=1