Are Australian children iodine deficient? Results of the Australian National Iodine Nutrition Study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 165-169

  Li, Mu ^a   Eastman, Creswell J ^b   Waite, Kay V ^b   Ma, Gary ^b   Zacharin, Margaret R ^d   Topliss, Duncan J ^e   Harding, Philip E ^f   Walsh, John P ^g   Ward, Lynley C ^g   Mortimer, Robin H ^h   Mackenzie, Emily J ^h   Byth, Karen ^c   Doyle, Zelda ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Royal Children's Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^g SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID MASS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 33644621691     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00177.x     Document Type: Article

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