2006•The Indian Journal of Nutrition and DieteticsRequires access

Prevalence of Iodine and Iron Deficiencies among Selected School Children and the Effect of Supplementation of Double Fortified Salt

P. Uma Devi, R. Parvatham

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The importance of micronutrients in health and diseases has been receiving increasingly greater attention for the past three decades. Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) and Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) are the two major micronutrient deficiency diseases with adverse consequences world wide especially for women of reproductive age and young children.

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Key concepts: Micronutrient, Iodine deficiency, Iron deficiency, Environmental health, Medicine, Micronutrient deficiency, Iodised salt, Iron-deficiency anemia