Effect of iodine supplementation in pregnant women on child neurodevelopment: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 853-863

  Gowachirapant, Sueppong ^a,b   Jaiswal, Nidhi ^b,c   Melse Boonstra, Alida ^b   Galetti, Valeria ^d   Stinca, Sara ^d   Mackenzie, Ian ^e   Thomas, Susan ^c   Thomas, Tinku ^c   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^a   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^c   Zimmermann, Michael B ^d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; POTASSIUM IODIDE; IODINE;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; BLIGHTED OVUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WECHSLER PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; IODINE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 85030850519     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(17)30332-7     Document Type: Article

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