Current trends of 24-h urinary iodine excretion in German schoolchildren and the importance of iodised salt in processed foods

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1749-1756

  Johner, Simone A ^a   Günther, Anke L B ^b   Remer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FULDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthy children; Iodine status; Iodised salt; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODISED SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GERMANY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SODIUM EXCRETION; TREND STUDY; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY IODINE EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IODINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 82255169186     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511005502     Document Type: Article

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