Iodine status in pregnant women and their newborns: Are our babies at risk of iodine deficiency?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 617-620

  Travers, Cheryl A ^a   Guttikonda, Kamala ^b   Norton, Carol A ^a   Lewis, Peter R ^a   Mollart, Lyndall J ^c   Wiley, Veronica ^d   Wilcken, Bridget ^d   Eastman, Creswell J ^e   Boyages, Steven C ^f  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b Private Clinic   (Australia)

^c Central Coast Health   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e Asia Pacific Region   (Australia)

^f SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33745455711     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00417.x     Document Type: Article

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