Prevalence of goiter and thyroid nodules before and after implementation of the Universal Salt Iodization program in mainland China from 1985 to 2014: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Han, Cheng ^a   Shi, Xiaoguang ^a   Xiong, Chuhui ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Shan, Zhongyan ^a   Teng, Weiping ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; SALT INTAKE;

CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOITER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IODINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID NODULE; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSAL SALT IODIZATION PROGRAM; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS; SALT INTAKE; THERAPEUTIC USE;

CHINA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GOITER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IODINE; PREVALENCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84907979092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109549     Document Type: Review

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