Goiter prevalence, urinary iodine, and salt iodization level in sub-Himalayan Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India

• Main Authors: Akhil Bandhu Biswas (Author), Dilip Kumar Das (Author), Indranil Chakraborty (Author), Asit Kumar Biswas (Author), Puran Kumar Sharma (Author), Romy Biswas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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National iodine deficiency disorders control program needs to be continuously monitored. Hence, a cross-sectional study was conducted during the period from April-May 2011 to assess the prevalence of goiter, status of urinary iodine excretion (UIE) level and to estimate iodine content of salts at th...