Optimal and Safe Upper Limits of Iodine Intake for Early Pregnancy in Iodine-Sufficient Regions: A Cross-Sectional Study of 7190 Pregnant Women in China
Author(s) -
Xiaoguang Shi,
Cheng Han,
Chenyan Li,
Jinyuan Mao,
Weiwei Wang,
Xiaochen Xie,
Chenyang Li,
Bin Xu,
Tao Meng,
Jianling Du,
Shaowei Zhang,
Zhengnan Gao,
Xiaomei Zhang,
Chenling Fan,
Zhongyan Shan,
Weiping Teng
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2014-3704
Subject(s) - iodine , china , pregnancy , obstetrics , medicine , cross sectional study , environmental health , political science , chemistry , biology , organic chemistry , genetics , pathology , law
The WHO Technical Consultation recommends urinary iodine concentrations (UIC) from 250 to 499 μg/L as more-than-adequate iodine intake and UIC ≥ 500 μg/L as excessive iodine for pregnant and lactating women, but scientific evidence for this is weak.
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