OBJECTIVES To review evidence of iodine deficiency and clinical thyroid disorders in Hong Kong. DATA SOURCES Publications on local dietary iodine intake, the iodine content of local food items, and clinical thyroid problems in the Hong Kong population. DATA EXTRACTION Data was extracted and evaluated independently by the authors. DATA SYNTHESIS Iodine is an essential nutrient. Iodine defi...

A method for the measurement of subnanogram quantities of iodine is describeo. Procedural detail and precision of results are presented for application of the method to protein-bound or total iodine in duplicate on 12.3 ii.l serum. Following wet ashing with chloric reagent, the iodine-catalyzed cerate-arsenite reaction was carried out at temperatures between 23 and 27#{176}, and the reaction ra...

BACKGROUND Iodine deficiency disorder is a major problem worldwide, especially during pregnancy and childhood. The magnitude of the problem is quite big in Ethiopia. The main aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and severity of iodine deficiency disorders. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shebe Senbo District on January 2011. Three elementary schools were ...

BACKGROUND The thyroid's ability to enrich and store iodine has implications for thyroid cancer genesis, progression, and treatment. The study objective was to investigate thyroid iodine content (TIC) in tumoral and extratumoral tissue in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) as opposed to thyroid healthy controls using two different techniques: X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and time-of-fligh...