Prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders.

IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IN NEISHABOUR

Iodine deficiency has been considered in Iran since 20 years ago and has been acknowledged recently. We studied iodine deficiency disorders in 1618 Neishabourian students. 60% of children had palpable and 2.5% had visible goiters. Height and weight of these children were lower than International and Tehranian children but higher than Isfahanian children. Hormone studies showed increased T4...

Prevention of Iodine Deficiency: Difficult to Implement, More Difficult to Sustain

Experiences in the prevention, control and elimination of iodine deficiency disorders: a regional perspective.

Before 1987, iodine deficiency was not considered an issue of major importance in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Progress began with a systematic national study of goitre and other iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) in the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1983. Following a major review of the prevalence of IDD in member states, Guidelines for national programmes for the cont...

Effects of Iodized Ointment Injection on Students with Iodine Deficiency Disorders: A Three-year Study

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Assessment of the iodine concentration in table salt at the production stage in South Africa.

OBJECTIVE To determine the iodine content of iodized salt at the production stage, to assess the perceptions and knowledge of salt producers about the prevention and control of iodine deficiency, and to examine the internal quality control procedures used during iodization in South Africa. METHOD Salt samples were collected for iodine analysis by titration from the 12 producers iodizing salt ...

Serum T4 , T3 and TSH and Urinary Iodine Levels in Schoolchildren of 26 Provinces of I.R. Iran

Endemic goiter and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are prevalent in Iran and IDD control program has been implemented since 1989. To monitor IDD control program, this survey was performed in 1996. 26178 schoolchildren, aged 8 to 10 years were selected by probability proportionate to size randomly in 26 provinces of Iran, for goiter staging. In 2836 pupils blood and urine samples were obtaine...