Iodine deficiency and excess in children: Worldwide status in 2013

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 839-846

  Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IODINE EXCESS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINE LEVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 84886889776     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP13180.RA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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