Women's iodine status and its determinants in an iodine-deficient area in the Kayes region, Mali

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-394

  Torheim, Liv E ^a   Granli, Gry I ^b   Sidibé, Cheick S ^c   Traoré, Abdel K ^d   Oshaug, Arne ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Ecole Secondaire de la Santé   (Mali)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

Author keywords

Africa; Human nutrition; Iodine deficiency; Iodised salt; Mali; Urinary iodine concentration; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT INTAKE; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IODINE; MALI; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 20644471622     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004689     Document Type: Article

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