Iodine in dairy milk: Sources, concentrations and importance to human health

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 385-395

  van der Reijden, Olivia L ^a   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a   Galetti, Valeria ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cow's milk; dairy consumption; dairy products; industrialized countries; iodine; iodine intake

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; IODINE; NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT; IODIZED SALT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DISINFECTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MILK; MILK YIELD; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NIPPLE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; IODINE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 85032920072     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2017.10.004     Document Type: Review

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