Accelerating progress on salt iodisation in Sudan: Time for action

Disasters

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Bani, Ibrahim ^a  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Food fortification; Goitre; Iodine deficiency disorders; Potassium iodate; Salt; Sudan; Universal salt iodisation

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FOOD QUALITY; IODINE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALT; UNITED NATIONS;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; GOITER; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALT INTAKE; SUDAN;

FOOD, FORTIFIED; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SUDAN;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 33947275310     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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