Urinary iodine concentrations of pregnant women in Ukraine
Iodine requirements increase during pregnancy and previous studies have reported the inadequate iodine status of pregnant women in areas that have achieved iodine sufficiency in the general population. We examined the urinary iodine (UI) concentrations of pregnant women in Ukraine, where the iodine...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine 2013-04, Vol.51 (4), p.811-816 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Iodine requirements increase during pregnancy and previous studies have reported the inadequate iodine status of pregnant women in areas that have achieved iodine sufficiency in the general population. We examined the urinary iodine (UI) concentrations of pregnant women in Ukraine, where the iodine status is showing improvement among the general population.
We enrolled 148 pregnant women |
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ISSN: | 1434-6621 1437-4331 |
DOI: | 10.1515/cclm-2012-0397 |