Open Access<p>Iodine Status and Discretionary Choices Consumption Among Primary School Children, Kinondoni Tanzania</p>
Author(s) -
Mario S Venance,
Haikael Martin,
Judith Kimiywe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s265117
Subject(s) - iodised salt , iodine , tanzania , medicine , meal , environmental health , iodometry , urine , zoology , toxicology , iodine deficiency , thyroid , geography , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , environmental planning , biology
Tanzania is one of the countries where excessive iodine intake has been reported, to intervene, the identification of possible causes is required. This study aimed to assess iodine status and determine the critical contributors to excessive iodine intakes in schoolchildren aged 8-14 years.