Iodised salt damages two campaigns

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9611, 2008, Pages 471-472

  Beard, Trevor ^a  

^a Menzies Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODISED SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HEALTH FOOD; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALT INTAKE; SALT INTAKE REDUCTION;

EID: 38849097735     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60229-9     Document Type: Letter

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