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Effect of inadequate iodine status in UK pregnant women on cognitive outcomes in their children: results from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

S Bath, C Steer, J Golding, P Emmett, M Rayman. The Lancet. 2013.

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In plain language

Mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency in pregnancy linked to lower child verbal IQ and reading.

Limits

Observational.

Source

doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60436-5 · PubMed 23706508

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