Are pregnant women in New Zealand iodine deficient? A cross-sectional survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 464-467

  Pettigrew Porter, Amy ^a   Skeaff, Sheila ^a   Gray, Andrew ^a   Thomson, Christine ^a   Croxson, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

goitre; iodine; New Zealand; pregnancy; thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 80054025403     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01331.x     Document Type: Review

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