Correlations of water iodine concentration to earlier goitre frequency in Sweden—an iodine sufficient country with long-term iodination of table salt
Abstract Background Before iodination of Swedish table salt in 1936, iodine deficiency resulting in goitre and hypothyroidism was common. Sweden has become iodine sufficient, as shown in a national survey in 2007, proving its iodination fortification programme effective for the general population. T...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-019-0821-9 |