Wassie, Molla Mesele https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3565-2397
Abebe, Zegeye
Tariku, Amare
Gebeye, Ejigu
Awoke, Tadese
Gete, Azeb Atenafu
Yesuf, Melkie Edris
Kebede, Yigzaw
Biks, Gashaw Andargie
Zhou, Shao Jia
Article History
Received: 30 April 2018
Accepted: 10 December 2018
First Online: 20 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was obtained from ethical review committee of the Institute of Public Health, the University of Gondar. Written informed consent was obtained from a parent and/or legal guardian prior to the study. Goiter examination and urine sample collection was conducted on school grounds and consent to conduct the study was sought and received from the participating schools.
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