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arrow Malaysia needs wider coverage with iodized salt
4-06-2010
Malaysia following a national IDD survey in 1996, implemented universal salt iodization (USI) in Sabah and the majority of districts in Sarawak, but concluded IDD was not a public health problem in Peninsular Malaysia (1). However, subsequent studies showed otherwise. A study in rural Malay women of reproductive age living on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur found a goiter prevalence of 23-24.5 %(2).
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