Poor knowledge and practices related to iodine nutrition during pregnancy and lactation in australian women: Pre-and post-iodine fortification

Nutrients

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1317-1327

  Charlton, Karen ^a   Yeatman, Heather ^a   Lucas, Catherine ^a   Axford, Samantha ^a   Gemming, Luke ^a   Houweling, Fiona ^a   Goodfellow, Alison ^b   Ma, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NSW Health   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fortification; Iodine; Lactation; Pregnancy; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84866954346     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu4091317     Document Type: Review

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