Background Pregnant women, neonates, and school-age children are vulnerable to iodine
deficiency. The iodine contents in the environment (drinking water and household salt for …

Purpose The supply of non-iodized salt and the water improvement project have been
conducted to reduce the iodine concentration in drinking water in areas with elevated water …

Background Universal salt iodization program was introduced to China to eliminate iodine
deficiency disorders in 1995. In 2012, Fujian Province decreased the concentration of …

Objective: To investigate whether implementation of a universal salt iodization (USI)
programme has sufficient effects on pregnant women in Chongqing, the present study …

It is uncertain how many factors affect urinary iodine concentration. The aim of this study was
to determine the effect of consumption of drinking water with high iodine concentration on …

As city residents eat out more frequently, it is unknown that if iodised salt is still required in
home cooking. We analysed the relationship of household salt and eating out on urinary …

Background: Iodine content in table salt was adjusted from 30-50 mg/kg to 21-39 mg/kg from
March of 2012 in Henan Province, China. The vulnerable population may be at risk of iodine …

Background: Universal salt iodization (USI) was introduced in China in 1995, but whether
the iodine status is optimal is questionable. This study was conducted to assess the iodine …

Background With the implementation of the universal salt iodization, the iodine nutrition for
children and adults has been appropriate, but pregnant women are still at risk of iodine …

Universal salt iodization (USI) has been implemented for two decades in China. It is crucial
to periodically monitor iodine status in the most vulnerable population, such as pregnant …