Salt iodation and risk of neonatal brain damage

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9121, 1998, Pages 34-35

  Sundqvist, Johanna ^b   Wijetunga, Mevan ^b   Assey, Vincent ^a   Gebre Medhin, Mehari ^b   Peterson, Stefan ^b  

^a Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre   (Tanzania)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TANZANIA;

EID: 18244412029     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79514-3     Document Type: Article

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