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Leveraging ongoing research to evaluate the health impacts of South Africa s salt reduction strategy: a prospective nested cohort within the WHO-SAGE multicountry, longitudinal study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)
Introduction. Attempting to curb the rising epidemic of hypertension, South Africa implemented legislation in June 2016 mandating maximum sodium levels in a range of manufactured foods that contribute significantly to ...
Breast-milk iodine concentrations, iodine status, and thyroid function of breastfed infants aged 2-4 months and their mothers residing in a South African township
(Galenos Yayincilik, 2016)
Objective: Lactating women and their infants are susceptible to iodine deficiency and iodine excess. In South Africa, no data exist on the iodine status and thyroid function of these vulnerable groups.
Methods: In a ...