Knowledge and Practices of Salt Retailers on Iodized Salt and the Iodine Content of Salt Sold in an Urban Resettlement Colony, New Delhi

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Authors

  • Deepika Bahl
     Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi ,IN
  • Ishu Kataria
     Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi ,IN
  • Neha Bakshi
     Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi ,IN
  • O. P. Aslesh
     Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi ,IN
  • Anil Goswami
     Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi ,IN
  • Kapil Yadav
     Indian Coalition for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorder, New Delhi ,IN
  • Chandrakant S. Pandav
     Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi ,IN
  • M. G. Karmarkar
     Indian Coalition for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorder, New Delhi ,IN

Abstract

Iodine supplementation through Universal Sait iodization (USI) has been proven to be an effective way of reducing the prevalence of iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD). After implementation of USi, the number of countries in which iodine deficiency was a public health problem decreased from 110 to 54 between 1993 and 2003.

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Published

2010-02-01

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Bahl, D., Kataria, I., Bakshi, N., Aslesh, O. P., Goswami, A., Yadav, K., Pandav, C. S., & Karmarkar, M. G. (2010). Knowledge and Practices of Salt Retailers on Iodized Salt and the Iodine Content of Salt Sold in an Urban Resettlement Colony, New Delhi. The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 47(2), 71–75. Retrieved from https://informaticsjournals.co.in/index.php/ijnd/article/view/4794

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Volume 47, Issue 2, February 2010

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