Research on iodine deficiency and goiter in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2060-2063

  Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FRANCE; GOITER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYXEDEMA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEAWEED; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 55949097707     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.11.2060     Document Type: Review

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