Knowledge and practices regarding iodine supplementation: A national survey of healthcare providers

Women and Birth

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e56-e60

  Guess, Kimberly ^a,b   Malek, Lenka ^a,b   Anderson, Amanda ^b   Makrides, Maria ^b,c   Zhou, Shao J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Healthcare providers; Iodine supplementation; Knowledge; Practices; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAD; BREAKFAST CEREAL; BREAST FEEDING; CONSULTATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LACTATION; LACTATION CONSULTANT; MALE; MIDWIFE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SEA FOOD; SUPPLEMENTATION; VEGETABLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IODINE; LACTATION; MIDWIFERY; NURSES; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84994479790     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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