Women's perceptions relating to the introduction of mandatory iodine fortification in Australia

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-17

  Yeatman, Heather ^a   Player, Chantell ^a   Charlton, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fortified food; Iodine; Mandatory fortification; Women's perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951179447     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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