Iodine status in pregnancy and household salt iodine content in rural Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-173

  Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^a   Christian, Parul ^b   Schulze, Kerry J ^b   Ali, Hasmot ^a   Kabir, Alamgir ^a   Rashid, Mahbubur ^a   Labrique, Alain ^b   Salamatullah, Qauzi ^c   West, Keith P ^b  

^a The JiVitA Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Research Project   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Dhaka Uinversity   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Pregnancy; Salt iodine; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; IODINE; RETINOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84858251479     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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