Epidemiology of iodine deficiency: Salt iodisation and iodine status

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Andersson, Maria ^a   de Benoist, Bruno ^b   Rogers, Lisa ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b World Health Organization ^*  (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

epidemiology; goitre; iodine deficiency; iodine status; iodised salt; monitoring; urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; THYROID FUNCTION; TREND STUDY; URINALYSIS;

EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IODINE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 76749102054     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.08.005     Document Type: Review

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