Iodine status in pre-school children prior to mandatory iodine fortification in Australia

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 304-312

  Skeaff, Sheila ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a   Gibson, Robert ^b   Makrides, Maria ^c   Zhou, Shao Jia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Children; Iodine deficiency; Thyroglobulin; Urinary iodine concentration

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; IODIZED SALT; SALT INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAD; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SALT INTAKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE;

BREAD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; THYROGLOBULIN;

EID: 84897025615     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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