Validation of a short food frequency questionnaire specific for iodine in UK females of childbearing age
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Validation of a short food frequency questionnaire specific for iodine in U.K. females of childbearing age.
BACKGROUND Widespread subclinical iodine insufficiency has recently been reported in Europe, based on urinary iodine using World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization criteria, in particular among young women. Although urinary iodine concentration (UIC) is a useful measurement of the iodine status in a population, it does not provide an insight into the habitual iodine intake of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0952-3871
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12219