A case for universal salt iodisation to correct iodine deficiency in pregnancy: Another salutary lesson from Tasmania

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 574-576

  Burgess, John R ^a   Seal, Judy A ^b   Stilwell, Georgina M ^a   Reynolds, Peter J ^a   Taylor, E Roscoe ^b   Parameswaran, Venkat ^a  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 34250669645     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01057.x     Document Type: Article

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