Iodine deficiency, thyroid function and hearing deficit: A review

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-117

  Melse Boonstra, Alida ^a   Mackenzie, Ian ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hearing deficit; Iodine deficiency; School aged children; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INNER EAR; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ACQUIRED HYPOTHYROIDISM; DEVELOPMENT; EAR DEVELOPMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEREDITY; HYPOTHYROIDISM;

ANIMALS; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84901829458     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422413000061     Document Type: Review

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