Salt iodization: effectively combating iodine deficiency
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Iodine deficiency disorders after a decade of universal salt iodization in a severe iodine deficiency region in China.
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1102-6480,1651-2359
DOI: 10.1080/11026480310021597