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Iodine and goitre status of primary schoolchildren near Worcester in the Western Cape

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 17 , issue 1 , 2004 , pages: 32–34

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2004.11734011

Author(s): P.L. Jooste Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Tygerberg , E. Joubert Department of Health, Worcester

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Abstract

Objective. To investigate whether or not iodine deficiency and endemic goitre currently prevail among the children attending a primary school near Worcester in the Western Cape, as was suggested by the results of the national iodine deficiency survey carried out 2 years previously.

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