The evolution, progress, and future direction of Nepal's universal salt iodization program

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue S1, 2022, Pages

  Paudyal, Naveen ^a   Chitekwe, Stanley ^a   Rijal, Sanjay ^a   Parajuli, Kedar ^b   Pandav, Chandrakant ^c   Maharjan, Macha ^d   Houston, Robin ^e   Gorstein, Jonathan ^e  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^c Iodine Global Network   (India)

^d Iodine Global Network   (Nepal)

^e Iodine Global Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IODINE INTAKE; LAW; MONITORING; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT INTAKE;

HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85085613744     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12945     Document Type: Article

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