Invited Review: Progress towards eliminating iodine deficiency in South Africa
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200 ;21(1) S Afr J Clin Nutr 1Jooste PL, 2Zimmermann MB 1 Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa 2Human Nutrition Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Correspondence to: Dr Pieter Jooste, e-mail: [email protected] Progress towards eliminating iodine deficiency in South Africa
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