An assessment of iodine status of Saudi lactating mothers and its relation to iodine intake in Riyadh City

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 297-307

  Trabzuni, Dina M ^a   Ibrahim, Hoda S ^a   Ewaidah, Esam H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Iodine in milk and urine; Iodine intake; Lactating mother

Indexed keywords

IODINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

RIYADH; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032323761     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1998.9991550     Document Type: Article

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