Lodine status and availability of iodized salt: An across-country analysis

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-220

  Horton, Sue ^a   Miloff, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HarvestPlus   (Canada)

Author keywords

Across country analysis; Iodine deficiency; Regression analysis; Salt iodization; Soil iodine; Urinary iodine excretion

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH POLICY; IODINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALT;

IODINE; IODIZED SALT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SALT INTAKE; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URINE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; IODINE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOIL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77954921567     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651003100204     Document Type: Article

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