Open AccessPrevalence of iodine deficiency among pregnant and lactating women: Experience in Kolkata
Author(s) -
Anirban Majumder,
Arvinda Jaiswal,
Sudip Chatterjee
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.137491
Subject(s) - medicine , iodine deficiency , iodine , pregnancy , obstetrics , lactation , population , gynecology , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , environmental health , endocrinology , thyroid , materials science , physics , biology , optics , metallurgy , genetics
The cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the iodine status of pregnant and lactating mothers, using median urinary iodine excretion (UIE) as the measure of outcome, to document the prevalence of iodine deficiency.