Estimating the impact of mandatory fortification of bread with iodine on pregnant and post-partum women

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1118-1122

  Mackerras, Dorothy ^a   Powers, Jennifer ^b   Boorman, Julie ^a   Loxton, Deborah ^b   Giles, Graham G ^c  

^a Food Standards Australia New Zealand   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT;

BREASTFEEDING; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; IODIDE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAD; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT INTAKE; URINE;

AUSTRALIA; BREAD; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IODINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84855987528     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.089169     Document Type: Article

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