Iodine nutrition in the UK: What went wrong?

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9782, 2011, Pages 1979-1980

  Pearce, Elizabeth N ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MILK; NEW ZEALAND; NOTE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958766522     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60741-1     Document Type: Note

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