Thyroid and iodine nutritional status: a UK perspective

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages s7-s11

  Vanderpump, Mark ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognition; Iodine; iodine deficiency; salt iodisation; thyroid; urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; SALT INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SALT INTAKE; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IODINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84973426028     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-s7     Document Type: Article

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