EFFICACY OF IODIZED SALT IN THE REDUCTION OF IODINE

摘要：

INTRODUCTIONIodine Deficiency- the worlds single greatest cause of preventable mental retardation - had been an important public health problem in Nigeria ever before alerting the Federal ministry of Health in 1965(1). Findings in 1987 led to the production of the first goitre map for Nigeria in 1988 which reported the Total Goitre Rate (TGR) to be 67％, of which the nutritional average was about 40％ (2).

作者单位: Deficiency In Ila Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 9th International Symposium on Salt(第九届世界盐业大会)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 1621-1632

在线出版日期: 2009-09-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）