Reducing dietary salt intake and preventing iodine deficiency: Towards a common public health agenda

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 507-508

  Webster, Jacqui ^a   Land, Mary Anne ^a   Christoforou, Anthea ^b   Eastman, Creswell J ^c,d   Zimmerman, Michael ^e   Campbell, Norman R C ^f   Neal, Bruce C ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Sydney Thyroid Clinic   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENDEMIC GOITER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SALT INTAKE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HYPERTENSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM INTAKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

IODINE; SODIUM INTAKE;

DEFICIENCY DISEASES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IODINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM, DIETARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84908432570     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00818     Document Type: Article

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