Global perspectives in endocrinology: Coverage of iodized salt programs and iodine status in 2020

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2021, Pages R13-R21

  Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,b   Andersson, Maria ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Iodine Network   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; IODIZED SALT;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IODINE INTAKE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; REVIEW; ADULT; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTORY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; CHILD; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; MALNUTRITION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 85108123886     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-21-0171     Document Type: Review

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