Iodine status of UK schoolgirls: A cross-sectional survey

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9782, 2011, Pages 2007-2012

  Vanderpump, Mark P J ^a   Lazarus, John H ^b   Smyth, Peter P ^c,d   Laurberg, Peter ^e   Holder, Roger L ^f   Boelaert, Kristien ^f   Franklyn, Jayne A ^f  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; EATING HABIT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 79958771565     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60693-4     Document Type: Article

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