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Iodine in commercial edible iodized salts and assessment of iodine exposure in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Iodine is an essential micronutrient used by the thyroid gland in the production of thyroid hormones. Both excessive and insufficient iodine intakes can cause thyroid diseases thus harmful to the human body. Inadequate iodine intake by human body causes Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD)...

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Autores principales: Vithanage, Meththika, Herath, Indika, Achinthya, S. S., Bandara, Tharanga, Weerasundara, Lakshika, Mayakaduwa, S. S., Jayawardhana, Yohan, Kumarathilaka, Prasanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4885120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27242918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-016-0133-0