Consumption of iodized salt may not represent a reliable indicator of iodine adequacy: Evidence from a cross-sectional study on schoolchildren living in an urban area of central Italy

Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 662-666

  Coccaro, Carmela ^a   Tuccilli, Chiara ^a   Prinzi, Natalie ^a   D'Armiento, Eleonora ^a   Pepe, Mario ^a   Del Maestro, Francesca ^b   Cacciola, Giovanni ^c   Forlini, Benedetto ^c   Verdolotti, Sergio ^c   Bononi, Marco ^b   Nacca, Remo ^c   Baldini, Enke ^a   Cirillo, Giovanni ^c   Ulisse, Salvatore ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c 'Santa Scolastica' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Iodine deficiency; Iodine prophylaxis; Iodized salt; Thyroid volume; Urinary iodine concentration

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; IODIZED SALT; SALT INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; THYROID WEIGHT; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THYROID GLAND; URBAN POPULATION; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; ITALY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84958225825     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.12.033     Document Type: Article

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