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Are vegetarians an ‘at risk group’ for iodine deficiency?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Lena Davidsson
Lena Davidsson
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Human NutritionSwiss Federal Institute of TechnologyPO Box 474CH-8803 RüschlikonSwitzerland
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Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 3 - 4
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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