Assessment of the iodine concentration in table salt at the production stage in South Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 517-521

  Jooste, Pieter L ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chemical industry standards; Deficiency diseases prevention and control; Iodine deficiency; Knowledge, attitudes, practice; Quality control; Sodium chloride, Dietary analysis therapeutic use; South Africa

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

IODINE; KNOWLEDGE; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION; SALT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCIENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; TITRIMETRY;

DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; IODINE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0042848534     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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