Iodine deficiency among Belgian pregnant women not fully corrected by iodine-containing multivitamins: A national cross-sectional survey

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2276-2284

  Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^a   Amsalkhir, Sihame ^b   Mourri, Ahmed Bensouda ^b   Van Oyen, Herman ^a   Moreno Reyes, Rodrigo ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Iodine deficiency; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IODINE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IODINE URINE LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CREATINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IODINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITAMINS;

EID: 84878391260     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512004473     Document Type: Article

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