Open AccessPrevalence of Goiter in rural area of Belgaum district, Karnataka
Author(s) -
Ramachandra Kamath,
Vinutha Bhat,
Raghavendra Rao,
Das Acharya,
K Ganesh,
Asha Kamath
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.45373
Subject(s) - goiter , medicine , iodine deficiency , logistic regression , population , public health , environmental health , iodised salt , demography , veterinary medicine , thyroid , pathology , sociology
To determine the prevalence of goiter and to study the factors influencing goiter among people of the rural community in Karnataka state, a community based study. Setting and Study Design: A cross sectional study was carried out to find out the prevalence of goiter in a rural community of Belgaum district. The study was conducted by house-to-house survey for a period of one month.