Iodine supplementation during pregnancy: a public health challenge

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 338-343

  Berbel, Pere ^a   Obregón, María Jesús ^b   Bernal, Juan ^b,c   Rey, Francisco Escobar del ^b   Escobar, Gabriella Morreale de ^b,c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LACTATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPEECH DISORDER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; LACTATION; NUTRITION POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENTIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 35648965175     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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