Iodine supplementation in pregnancy and its effect on child cognition

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 134-136

  Melse Boonstra, Alida ^a   Gowachirapant, Sueppong ^a,b   Jaiswal, Nidhi ^a,c   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^b   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^c   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain development; Children; Cognition; Iodine supplementation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IODINE; PLACEBO; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALE OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZELTON NEONATAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CHILDBIRTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IODINE SUPPLEMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THAILAND; THYROID WEIGHT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY IODINE EXCRETION;

COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84862568669     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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