Urinary iodine excretion in mothers and their breast-fed children in relation to other childhood nutritional parameters

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-191

  Akanji, A O ^a,b   Mainasara, A S ^a   Akinlade, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Africa; Breast feeding; Iodine deficiency; Malnutrition; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IODINE;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITION DISORDERS;

EID: 0029984715     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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