Validation of a simple, manual urinary iodine method for estimating the prevalence of iodine-deficiency disorders, and interlaboratory comparison with other methods

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1441-1445

  May, Sandra L ^a   May, Warwick A ^b   Bourdoux, Pierre P ^b   Pino, Sam ^b   Sullivan, Kevin M ^b   Maberly, Glen F ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

acid digestion technique; interlaboratory multimethod comparison; Iodine deficiency disorders; method validation; urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0030906139     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.5.1441     Document Type: Article

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