Update on iodine status worldwide

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 382-387

  Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,b   Andersson, Maria ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

children; iodine deficiency; salt iodization; urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IODINE;

HOUSEHOLD PENETRATION OF ADEQUATELY IODIZED SALT; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IODINE URINE LEVEL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID FUNCTION; URINE LEVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84865958675     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e328357271a     Document Type: Review

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