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Assessing Status of Iodine Nutrition in Union Territory of Chandigarh, India

Jasbinder Kaur, Seema Gupta, Neeraj Agarwal, Shivani Jaswal, Harjeet Kaur, HM Swami

Citation Information : Kaur J, Gupta S, Agarwal N, Jaswal S, Kaur H, Swami H. Assessing Status of Iodine Nutrition in Union Territory of Chandigarh, India. Indian J Med Biochem 2016; 20 (1):38-41.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10054-0008

Published Online: 01-06-2012

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2016; The Author(s).


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Agarwal N, Kaur J, Kaur J, Gupta S, Jaswal S, Kaur H, Swami HM. Assessing Status of Iodine Nutrition in Union Territory of Chandigarh, India. Indian J Med Biochem 2016;20(1):38-41.


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