Iodine nutrition in pregnancy and lactation

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 765-777

  Leung, Angela M ^a   Pearce, Elizabeth N ^a   Braverman, Lewis E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Iodine; Lactation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; IODINE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SELENIUM; THIOCYANATE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG INHIBITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; GOITER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT MORTALITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LACTATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID HORMONES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82855162731     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: 15584410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2011.08.001     Document Type: Review

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