Breast-milk iodine concentrations, iodine status, and thyroid function of breastfed infants aged 2-4 months and their mothers residing in a south african township

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 381-391

  Osei, Jennifer ^a   Andersson, Maria ^b   van der Reijden, Olivia ^b   Dold, Susanne ^b   Smuts, Cornelius M ^a   Baumgartner, Jeannine ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast milk iodine concentration; Infants; Lactating women; Salt iodine concentration; Thyroid hormones; Urinary iodine concentration

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; IODIZED SALT; SALT INTAKE;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LACTATION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SODIUM EXCRETION; SOUTH AFRICA; THYROID FUNCTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT INTAKE; THYROID GLAND; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85001086154     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.2720     Document Type: Article

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