The iodized salt programme in Bangalore, India provides adequate iodine intakes in pregnant women and more-than-adequate iodine intakes in their children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 403-413

  Jaiswal, Nidhi ^a,b   Melse Boonstra, Alida ^b   Sharma, Surjeet Kaur ^c   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^a   Zimmermann, Michael B ^b,d,e  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c St Martha's Hospital   (India)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; India; Iodine; Iodized salt; Pregnant women; Urinary iodine concentration

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; SALT INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALT INTAKE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THYROID GLAND; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; THYROID GLAND; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921409384     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001400055X     Document Type: Article

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