Status of iodine nutrition in pregnant and lactating women in national capital district, Papua New Guinea

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-537

  Temple, Victor J ^a   Haindapa, Benjamin ^a   Turare, Robert ^a   Masta, Andrew ^a   Amoa, Apeawusu B ^b   Ripa, Paulus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Lactation; Non pregnant; Papua New Guinea; Pregnancy; Trimesters; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IODINE; IODIZED SALT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SALT INTAKE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IODINE; LACTATION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 33845380132     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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