title: Prevalence of goitre in school children in Baramulla (Kashmir valley).
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Zargar
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Masoodi
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Laway
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine