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BMC Nutrition, 2019 Introduction Adequate iodine fortified salt is the most common and effective method of preventing iodine deficiency. Studies showed households using iodized salt (15 Parts Per Million (PPM) to 80 PPM) of iodine at household level were low in Tigray ...
Abraham Aregay Desta +4 more
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Knowledge and practices of pregnant women about iodized salt and its availability in their households in Hawassa city. Community-based cross-sectional study [PDF]
SAGE Open Medicine, 2022 Objectives: This study was aimed to assess the knowledge and practices of pregnant women about iodized salt and its availability in their households in Hawassa city, Ethiopia Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among ...
Ketemaw Negese +3 more
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Journal of Food Quality, 2020 Background. There are laws to enforce the universal iodization of salt to check the consequences of iodine deficiency in Ghana. These laws are to ensure that there are production and sales of iodized salt in the country.
Prince Kubi Appiah +2 more
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Nearly one-in-five households utilized inadequate iodized salt in Nifas Silk Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC Nutrition, 2023 Background There is no country in the developing world where iodine deficiency is not a public health problem including Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess inadequate utilization of iodized salt and associated factors at household level in ...
Getachew Sale Mezgebu +3 more
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Availability of adequate iodized salt at household level in rural communities in Farta district, Northwest, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Nutrition, 2023 Introduction Iodine is a crucial trace element for thyroid hormone synthesis. All age groups are affected by iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), especially pregnant women, young women, and children.
Yalelet Fentaw Shiferaw +4 more
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Journal of Food Quality, 2020 Background. Iodine deficiency is a global public health concern as it leads to inadequate production of thyroid hormone in the body, causing too many destructive consequences on the roles and functions of different human organs and muscles including ...
Prince Kubi Appiah +3 more
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Pre-pregnancy iodized salt improved children's cognitive development in randomized trial in Ethiopia. [PDF]
Matern Child Nutr, 2020 The overarching Ethiopia project examined the effects of early market introduction of iodized salt on the growth and mental development of young children.
Mohammed H +4 more
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Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2019 Background. Iodine is one of the essential elements that enables the thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormones, which is vital for growth and development of the brain and central nervous system.
Walleligne Beyene Tariku +1 more
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Stability of Iodine Content in Iodized Salt
Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 2002 lodization of consumed salts is mandatory in many countries fighting against to iodine deficiency. In salts iodine stability is affected by storage conditions. In this study, stabilization of iodine in salt has been determined by using Isotope Dilution Analysis.
Biber, FZ, Unak, P, Yurt, F
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Household Coverage with Adequately Iodized Salt and Iodine Status of Nonpregnant and Pregnant Women in Uzbekistan. [PDF]
Thyroid, 2020 Background: Globally, iodine deficiency has been drastically reduced since the introduction of salt iodization programs; nonetheless, many populations remain at-risk for iodine deficiency.
Rohner F +8 more
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