Eliminating iodine deficiency: Obstacles and their removal

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 45-48

  Padilla, Carmencita David ^a,b   Fagela Domingo, Carmelita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Iodine deficiency; Iodised salt coverage; Mean urinary iodine excretion (UIE); Supplementation; Total goitre prevalence (TGP); Universal salt iodisation (USI)

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW;

DEFICIENCY DISEASES; HUMANS; IODINE;

EID: 77952487133     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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