Iodine deficiency in pregnant women after the adoption of the new provincial standard for salt iodization in Zhejiang Province, China

• Main Authors: Guangming Mao (Author), Wenming Zhu (Author), Zhe Mo (Author), Yuanyang Wang (Author), Xiaofeng Wang (Author), Xiaoming Lou (Author), Zhifang Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Zhejiang has achieved the goal of elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) via the implementation of universal salt iodization (USI) since 2011. Iodine content in household table salt decreased from the national standard (35 ppm) to the Zhejiang provincial standard (25 pp...