Silent iodine prophylaxis in Western Europe only partly corrects iodine deficiency; the case of Belgium

Belgium is one of the Western European countries in which no program of iodine-deficiency correction using iodized salt has been implemented, in spite of well-documented mild iodine deficiency. In 1995, the median urinary iodine concentration was 55 microg/l (normal: 100-200) and the prevalence of g...

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