Iodine nutrition status in Africa: potentially high prevalence of iodine deficiency in pregnancy even in countries classified as iodine sufficient

OBJECTIVE: To assess the burden of iodine deficiency in pregnancy in Africa using estimated pregnancy median urinary iodine concentration (pMUIC). DESIGN: pMUIC for each African country was estimated using a regression equation derived by correlating the school-age children (SAC) median UIC (mUIC) a...

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Autores principales: Businge, Charles Bitamazire, Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin, Kengne, Andre Pascal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32744219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020002384

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32744219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020002384

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