Sodium reduction and the correction of iodine intake in Belgium: Policy options

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Iodine; Sodium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865988444     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/0778-7367-70-10     Document Type: Note

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