Increasing the iodine concentration in the Swiss iodized salt program markedly improved iodine status in pregnant women and children: A 5-y prospective national study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 388-392

  Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,b   Aeberli, Isabelle ^a   Torresani, Toni ^c   Bürgi, Hans ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Iodine; Monitoring; Newborns; Pregnancy; Salt; Switzerland; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROTROPIN; IODIZED SALT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; SCHOOL CHILD; BLOOD; CHILD; METABOLISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALT INTAKE; URINE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 24044480351     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn.82.2.388     Document Type: Article

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