An environmental approach to correcting iodine deficiency: Supplementing iodine in soil by iodination of irrigation water in remote areas

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Ren, Qiang ^a   Fan, Jie ^b   Zhang, Zhizhong ^b   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a   DeLong, G Robert ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Inner Mongolia Center for Endemic Disease Control and Research   (China)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental iodine supplementation; Iodine deficiency disorders; Iodine solubility in soil; Irrigation; Potassium iodate dripping

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM IODATE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIVESTOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 39749182776     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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