Tasmania: doing its  wee bit for iodine nutrition

Judy A Seal,* Eric M Johnson,† Zelda Doyle,‡ Kelly Shaw§

2 Public and Environmental Health, Department of Health and Human Services, GPO Box 125, Hobart, TAS 7001
3 Broad Street Consultants, Tasmanian Iodine Monitoring Program, Lauderdale, TAS.

Correspondence: judy.seal@dhhs.tas.gov.au

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