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SUBMITTER: Beckford K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501103 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beckford Kelsey K Grimes Carley A CA Margerison Claire C Riddell Lynn J LJ Skeaff Sheila A SA West Madeline L ML Nowson Caryl A CA
European journal of nutrition 20191129 7
<h4>Purpose</h4>Urinary iodine concentration (UIC (μg/ml) from spot urine samples collected from school-aged children is used to determine the iodine status of populations. Some studies further extrapolate UIC to represent daily iodine intake, based on the assumption that children pass approximately 1 L urine over 24-h, but this has never been assessed in population studies. Therefore, the present review aimed to collate and produce an estimate of the average 24-h urine volume of children and ad ...[more]