Tasmania: Doing its wee bit for iodine nutrition

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 451-452

  Seal, Judy A ^a   Johnson, Eric M ^a   Doyle, Zelda ^b   Shaw, Kelly ^a  

^a Dept of Health and Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^b Tasmanian Iodine Monitoring Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BREAD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MONITORING; NUTRITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0142260957     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05632.x     Document Type: Letter

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3. Hynes K. Urinary Iodine Status of Tasmanian Primary School Children: Final Project Report. Hobart: Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania, 2001.
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