The current salt iodization strategy in Kyrgyzstan ensures sufficient iodine nutrition among school-age children but not pregnant women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 623-630

  Sultanalieva, Roza B ^a   Mamutova, Svetlana ^b   Van Der Haar, Frits ^c,d  

^a Kyrgyz Russian Slavonic University   (Kyrgyzstan)

^b Endocrinology Dispensary   (Kyrgyzstan)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders   (United States)

Author keywords

Iodine deficiency disorders; Kyrgyzstan; Pregnant women; Universal salt iodization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IODINE; IODIZED SALT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SALT INTAKE; THYROID GLAND; URINE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IODINE; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 77954183793     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000999200X     Document Type: Article

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