Iodine nutrition of pregnant and lactating women in Hong Kong, where intake is of borderline sufficiency

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 12 A, 2007, Pages 1600-1601

  Kung, Annie W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Hong Kong; Iodine; Lactation; Pregnancy; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

BREAST MILK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IODINATION; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IODINE; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 36849073768     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007360989     Document Type: Conference Paper

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