Prevalence of urinary iodine concentration among school children: in Dessie City, Ethiopia

• Main Authors: Birtukan Shiferaw Ayalew (Author), Seid Legesse Hassen (Author), Tefera Alemu Marefiyaw (Author), Mohammed Seid Yesuf (Author), Daniel Dagne Abebe (Author), Minwuyelet Maru Temesgen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Urinary iodine is recommended by the world health organization as the main indicator to assess iodine status in a population. Despite this recommendation little is known about urinary iodine concentration in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the level of ur...