Performance of rapid test kits to assess household coverage of iodized salt

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 2712-2724

  Gorstein, Jonathan ^a,g   Van Der Haar, Frits ^b,g   Codling, Karen ^c,g   Houston, Robin ^d   Knowles, Jacky ^e   Timmer, Arnold ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Public Nutrition Solutions   (Thailand)

^d Consultant MT ^*  (United States)

^e GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^f UNICEF   (United States)

^g Iodine Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iodine; Iodized salt; Rapid test kit; Titration; Universal salt iodization

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT;

ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SALT INTAKE; STANDARDS;

DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; IODINE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84966525964     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016000938     Document Type: Article

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