Systematic review of studies evaluating urinary iodine concentration as a predictor of 24-hour urinary iodine excretion for estimating population iodine intake

OBJECTIVE: To examine the usefulness of "spot" urine iodine concentrations (UICs) in predicting 24-hour urine iodine excretion (UIE) for estimating average population iodine intake. METHODS: An electronic literature search was conducted for articles published through 19 May 2013 in MEDLINE...

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Main Authors: Chen Ji, Tammy Lu, Omar Dary, Branka Legetic, Norm R. Campbell, Francesco P. Cappuccio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2015-07-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892015000600010&lng=en&tlng=en