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Impact after 1 year of compulsory iodisation on the iodine content of table salt at retailer level in South Africa

Pieter L. Jooste 1National Research Programme for Nutritional Intervention, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg, 7505
,
Michael J. Weight 1National Research Programme for Nutritional Intervention, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg, 7505
,
Lorenzo Locatelli-Rossi Salt Technologies, Cape Town
&
Carl J. Lombard Statistics Division of the Centre for Epidemiological Research, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa
Pages 7-12 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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