Iodine intake and status in Iceland through a period of 60 years

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjörg ^a   Gustavsdottir, Anita G ^a   Thorsdottir, Inga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Fish; Food intake; Iodine; Nutrition; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916212193     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v52i0.1925     Document Type: Article

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