Assessment of household use of iodized salt and adequacy of salt iodization: a cross-sectional National Study in Saudi Arabia

This study was conducted to assess household coverage with iodized salt in Saudi Arabia, and to determine adequacy of salt iodization. A school-based cross-sectional study using WHO 30-cluster survey methodology. Analysis of 4242 salt samples using qualitative rapid test kit (RTK) revealed that 68.7...

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Main Authors: Al-Dakheel, Mushary H., Haridi, Hassan K., Al-Bashir, Bushra M., Al-Shangiti, Ali M., Al-Shehri, Sulaiman N., Hussein, Izzeldin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1374/1/s12937-018-0343-0.pdf