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Iodine adequacy in Tasmania sustained after 7 years of mandatory bread fortification
Author(s) -
Hynes Kristen L,
Seal Judy A,
Otahal Petr,
Reardon Monique A,
Burgess John R
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja17.00603
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , library science , management , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , economics , computer science
Median urinary iodine concentrations (with interquartile he re-emergence ofmild iodine deficiency inTasmania in the late 1990s led the state government to introduce a voluntary ranges) in Tasmanian school children, 1998e2016 T bread fortification program in 2001, underwhich the baking industry replaced regular salt in breadwith iodised salt. This interim measure preceded the binational response to the widespread re-emergence of iodine deficiency in Australia and New Zealand, where iodisation of bread has been mandatory since 2009.