Impact after 1 year of compulsory iodisation on the iodine content of table salt at retailer level in South Africa

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-12

  Jooste, Pieter L ^a   Weight, Michael J ^a   Locatelli Rossi, Lorenzo ^b   Lombard, Carl J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b SALT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC GOITER; HUMAN; LAW; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TITRIMETRY;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; LEGISLATION, FOOD; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033027637     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096374899101373     Document Type: Article

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