The average of dietary iodine intake due to the ingestion of seaweeds is 1.2 mg/day in Japan

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 667-668

  Nagataki, Shigenobu ^a  

^a Japan Radioisotope Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; JAPAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEAWEED; THYROID GLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 46349108585     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0379     Document Type: Letter

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