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Assessment of iodine status among pregnant women in a rural community in ghana - a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is associated with parallel increase in both iodine, and thyroid hormone requirements suggesting that, there may be the need for additional iodine intake during this period to prevent potential iodine insufficiency. Medically, an excess or reduced intake of this micronutrient h...
Autores principales: | Simpong, David L., Adu, Patrick, Bashiru, Rashid, Morna, Martin T., Yeboah, Francis A., Akakpo, Kafui, Ephraim, Richard K. D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-016-0119-y |
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