Household coverage with adequately iodized salt varies greatly between countries and by residence type and socioeconomic status within countries: Results from 10 national coverage surveys

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1004S-1014S

  Knowles, Jacky M ^a   Garrett, Greg S ^a   Gorstein, Jonathan ^b   Kupka, Roland ^c   Situma, Ruth ^c   Yadav, Kapil ^d   Yusufali, Rizwan ^a   Pandav, Chandrakant ^c   Aaron, Grant J ^a   Acuin, Cecilia S ^e   Amoaful, Esi Foriwa ^e   Friesen, Valerie M ^e   Kartono, Djoko ^e   Nahar, Baitun ^e   Ousmane, Ali ^e   Momar Thiam, El Hadji ^e   Zerfu, Dilnesaw ^e   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^e   Rahman, Sabuktagin ^e   Mondal, Prasenjit ^e   Khatun, Halima ^e   Roy, Anjan Kumar ^e   Belay, Adamu ^e   Tessema, Masresha ^e   Ayana, Girmay ^e   Tekle, Abinet ^e   Chuko, Tesfaye ^e   Asiedu, Matilda Steiner ^e   Adjei, Robertson ^e   Selenje, Lillian ^e   Asante, Josephine ^e   Salve, Harshal ^e   Chakrabarty, Arijit ^e   Lakshmy, R ^e   Basuni, Abas ^e   Atmarita, ^e   Izwardy, Doddy ^e   Sutrisna, Aang ^e   Kiburente, Mediatrice ^e   Habi, Oumarou ^e   Capanzana, Mario ^e   Dumag, Rosemarie ^e   Duante, Charmaine ^e   Gironella, Glen ^e   Boubacar, Camara ^e   Tourè, Ndeye Khady ^e   Ndiaye, Bara ^e   more..

^a GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^b Sajilo Solutions International   (United States)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Coverage survey; Elimination of IDD; Iodine; Iodine deficiency; Micronutrient; Salt iodization; USI

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; IODINE; IODIZED SALT; SALT INTAKE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NIGER; PHILIPPINES; RURAL AREA; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AFRICA; ASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SALT INTAKE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDS;

AFRICA; ASIA; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; IODINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 85020237074     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.242586     Document Type: Article

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