Iodine And Thyroid Status in A Tribal Village in Wayanad, Kerala in The Post Iodization Era - Observations and Implications

• Main Authors: Praveen P Valiyaparambil (Author), Usha V Menon (Author), Vivek Lakshmanan (Author), Sanjeev Vasudevan (Author), Ajitha Kumari (Author), Harish Kumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medsci Publications, 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Data on thyroid and iodine status in tribal population is scarce. We sought to assess the thyroid and iodine status in this population, by ascertaining the goitre prevalence, thyroid function and thyroid autoimmune markers in adults, and the goitre prevalence and iodine status in school...