Iodine deficiency and nutrition in Scandinavia

Minerva Medica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 147-158

  Manousou, Sofia ^a,b,c   Dahl, Lisbeth ^d   Thuesen, Betina Heinsbaek ^e   Hulthén, Lena ^f   Filipsson, Helena Nyström ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Kungälv Hospital   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Center for Health   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Denmark; Iodine; Norway; Recommended dietary allowances; Sweden

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT; TRACE ELEMENT;

DAIRY INDUSTRY; EDUCATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; KNOWLEDGE; MILK; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; TOXIC GOITER; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEFICIENCY; DENMARK; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NORWAY; SALT INTAKE; SEX FACTOR; SWEDEN; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DENMARK; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SWEDEN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 85014820273     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.16.04849-7     Document Type: Review

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