Open AccessPrevalence of mental retardation in urban and rural populations of the goiter zone in Northwest India
Author(s) -
Shailja Sharma,
Sunil Kumar Raina,
Anupam Parashar,
Sanjeev Chaudhary,
Vipasha Kashyap,
Vishav Chander
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.184545
Subject(s) - goiter , medicine , geography , environmental health , socioeconomics , rural area , pediatrics , demography , pathology , thyroid , sociology
The existence of an endemic goiter belt along the southern slopes of the Himalayas has been known for a long time. Prevalence of neonatal hypothyroidism is high and there has been little work on the prevalence of mental retardation in this part of India.