Drinking water contributes to excessive iodine intake among children in Hebei, China

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 961-965

  Lv, S ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Xu, D ^a   Rutherford, S ^c   Chong, Z ^a   Du, Y ^a   Jia, L ^a   Zhao, J ^a  

^a Hebei Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Hengshui Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Excessive iodine intake; Iodine excess; Iodized salt; Survey

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IODINE; IODIZED SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; OVERNUTRITION; SALT INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHINA; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84883740434     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.127     Document Type: Article

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