Iodine nutritional status and awareness of iodine deficiency among adults, including pregnant women, in Tuguegarao, Philippines
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Current Iodine Nutrition Status and Awareness of Iodine Deficiency in Tuguegarao, Philippines
The Philippines is one of the countries where adequate iodine status has been achieved. However, iodine deficiency still remains an important public health problem in this country. In this study, we evaluated iodine nutrition status and investigated an awareness status of iodine deficiency targeting high school students of Tuguegarao, Philippines. A total of 260 students provided samples for ur...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kosin Medical Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2005-9531
DOI: 10.7180/kmj.2018.33.1.64