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Prevalence of goitre in school children in Baramulla (Kashmir valley).

Zargar, A H; Shah, J A; Masoodi, S R; Laway, B A; Shah, N A; Mir, M M.

Indian J Pediatr ; 1997 Mar-Apr; 64(2): 225-30

Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-84765

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1,876 school children were surveyed in Baramulla district of Kashmir for the presence of goitre. There were 964 boys and 912 girls in the age group of 5-15 years. An overall goitre prevalence of 52.08 per cent was found (54.77% in boys and 49.23% in girls). Iodine content was assayed in urine samples of 44 randomly selected subjects. The mean +/- SEM urinary iodine was 41.85 +/- 2.52 micrograms/g of creatinine (Range 6.25-69.41).

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Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Cross-Sectional Studies , Developing Countries , Female , Goiter, Endemic/epidemiology , Humans , Incidence , India/epidemiology , Iodine/deficiency , Male , Mass Screening

Goiter survey in school children in Kupwara (Kashmir Valley)

Zargar, A H; Shah, J A; Laway, B A; Masoodi, S R; Shah, N A; Mir, M M.

in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-14351

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Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Cross-Sectional Studies , Developing Countries , Female , Goiter, Endemic/diagnosis , Humans , Incidence , India/epidemiology , Male , Mass Screening , Students/statistics & numerical data

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