Consequences of iodine deficiency and excess in pregnant women: an overview of current knowns and unknowns

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 918S-923S

  Pearce, Elizabeth N ^a   Lazarus, John H ^b   Moreno Reyes, Rodrigo ^c   Zimmermann, Michael B ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

clinical trials; intervention outcomes; iodine supplementation; prenatal nutrition; public health

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; IRON; RETINOL; SELENIUM; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; IODINE;

COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IODINE INTAKE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID FUNCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; INFANT; OVERNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THYROID GLAND;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE; OVERNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 85014805000     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.110429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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