Background: Knowledge about the population's iodine status is important, because it allows
adjustment of iodine supply and prevention of iodine deficiency. The validity and …

Background: National data on iodine status in Israel are lacking. Reliance on iodine-
depleted desalinated water, the absence of a salt iodization program, and reports of …

Thyroid Research Group, Institute of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Cardiff
University, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK there are insufficient data on …

Objective Assessing iodine nutrition at the population level is usually done by measuring the
urinary iodine concentration (UIC) and, in some countries, by estimating household …

Objective Belgium is one of the Western European countries in which no program of iodine-
deficiency correction using iodized salt has been implemented, in spite of well-documented …

The adverse effects of iodine deficiency (ID) single bond intellectual impairment, damaged
reproduction, goiter and hypo-and hyperthyroidism single bond are well known and easily …

Purpose Despite longstanding voluntary salt iodisation in Switzerland, data suggest
inadequate iodine intake in vulnerable population groups. In response, the salt iodine …

Background: Several countries with long-standing salt iodization programs, including
Switzerland, have recently reported declining and/or low urinary iodine (UI) levels in their …

Background: Iodine intake is often measured by a surrogate measure, namely urine iodine
excretion as almost all ingested iodine is excreted in the urine. However, the methods for …

Iodine deficiency has multiple adverse effects in humans, termed iodine deficiency
disorders, due to inadequate thyroid hormone production. Globally, it is estimated that 2 …