Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS)

Publications

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Iodine Deficiency

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    Iodine deficiency in Europe
    WHO global database on iodine deficiency
    Geneva, World Health Organization, 2007
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    Iodine status worldwide
    WHO global database on iodine deficiency
    Geneva, World Health Organization, 2004

Anaemia

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    World prevalence of anaemia 1993-2005
    WHO Global Database on Anaemia
    Geneva, World Health Organization, 2008

Vitamin A Deficiency

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    Global prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in populations at risk 1995-2005
    WHO Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency
    Geneva, World Health Organization, 2009

Global prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency (1995)

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    Global prevalence of vitamin A deficiency
    WHO Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency
    Geneva, World Health Organization, 1995

Peer-reviewed articles

Due to copyright arrangements, some of the links to articles may be not freely accessible.

Andersson M, Karumbunathan V, Zimmermann MB. Global iodine status in 2011 and trends over the past decade

Journal of Nutrition, 2012 vol 142(4):744-50, April 2012

Andersson M, Zimmermann MB. Global iodine nutrition: a remarkable leap forward in the past decade.

IDD Newsletter, 2012 vol 40(1):1-7 February 2012

van der Haar F et al. Universal salt iodization in the Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) Region during the decade 2000–09: Experiences, achievements, and lessons learned.

Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Public Health Nutrition, vol 32 (Supp 4), 173S-294S, December 2011

Zimmermann MB, Andersson M. Prevalence of iodine deficiency in Europe in 2010.

Annales d'endocrinologie, 2011 vol 72(2):164-6, April 2011

Zimmermann MB. Symposium on ‘Geographical and geological influences on nutrition’ Iodine deficiency in industrialised countries.

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (2010), 69, 133–143.

McLean E et al. Worldwide prevalence of anaemia, WHO Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System, 1993–2005

Public Health Nutrition, vol 23,1-11, May 2008 [Epub ahead of print]

de Benoist B et al. Iodine deficiency in 2007: Global progress since 2003

Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol 29, no. 3, 195-202, September 2008

Andersson M et al. Current global iodine status and progress over the last decade towards the elimination of iodine deficiency.

Bulletin of the World Health Organization; 2005 Jul;83(7):518-25.

De Benoist B et al. Prevalence of iodine deficiency worldwide.

The Lancet; 2003 Nov 29;362(9398):1859-60.

Additional Resources

Investing in the future: A united call to action on vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Global report 2009

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