Iodine insufficiency: A global health problem?

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 533-535

  Swanson, Christine A ^a   Pearce, Elizabeth N ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; SALT INTAKE;

ANIMAL; CANADA; DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SALT INTAKE; THERAPEUTIC USE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IODINE; LACTATION; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896813472     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.113.004192     Document Type: Article

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