Endemic goiter and endemic cretinism in the Andean region

R Fierro-Benítez, W Penafiel… - New England Journal …, 1969 - Mass Medical Soc
… The recent discovery of a pre-Columbian figure with a … locally prepared salt of high iodine
content goiter is nonexistent. … cent, it is striking that average urinary iodide excretion varies only …

Role of iodine, selenium and other micronutrients in thyroid function and disorders

V Triggiani, E Tafaro, VA Giagulli… - … Metabolic & Immune …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
… The median urinary iodine concentration in casual samples (μg/… In fact, in countries like
Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and … ) of iodine/day due a large amounts of seaweed in the diet [1]. …

[PDF][PDF] The changing status of children in Latin America

CD Stuart - 1997 - kellogg.nd.edu
… of children despite economic deterioration affecting large … affected and there was an
average difference of 5 points in IQ (… A series of workshops carried out in 10 cities in Colombia

Seven deadly sins in confronting endemic iodine deficiency, and how to avoid them.

JT Dunn - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1996 - academic.oup.com
… quotient of iodine-deficient individuals is an average 13 … Thyroid size, urinary iodine
concentration, serum thyroglobulin … Programs in Guatemala, Colombia, and Thailand several …

Endemic goiter and endemic thyroid disorders

E Gaitan, NC Nelson, GV Poole - World journal of surgery, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
… ronine (T 3) values in most of these children are within the normal range with median TSH, …
minimal in 71% of the Colombian cases [72]. Urinary iodine excretion values from 1960 to …

Thyroid cancer incidence in women and proximity to industrial air pollution sources: A spatial analysis in a middle size city in Colombia

NE Arias-Ortiz, G Icaza-Noguera… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
… of the census tract regard to industries, average wind direction and speed, and population …
high rates in Manizales is thyroid cancer, with rates much higher than other cities in Colombia

[HTML][HTML] Werner and Ingbar's The Thyroid: A Fundamental and Clinical Text

FM Delange, JT Dunn - Americas, 2005 - doctorlib.info
… to ensure a median urinary iodine concentration of 100 to … (due to chronic intake of seaweeds
rich in iodine such as laminaria) or in eastern China (because of the high iodine content of …

Relationship between urinary phthalate and bisphenol A concentrations and serum thyroid measures in US adults and adolescents from the National Health and …

JD Meeker, KK Ferguson - Environmental health perspectives, 2011 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
… in an inefficient analysis due to the large variability in assigned … and moderately correlated
with urinary iodine, and positively … The median (75th percentile) MEHP concentration among …

Development and evaluation of an educational program to promote the use of iodized salt in Guatemala

NS Umemoto, RA Houston, N Solomons, I Mendoza - Nutrition Research, 1999 - Elsevier
… Goiter has been documented in Guatemala from pre-Colombian times. A … For each group,
the median iodine concentration and the … Biological markers, such as serial urinary iodine

Exposure to total and methylmercury among pregnant women in Suriname: sources and public health implications

JK Wickliffe, MY Lichtveld, CW Zijlmans… - Journal of exposure …, 2021 - nature.com
median concentration of total mercury in blood of 12.1 ug/l (range 2.6–50.1 ug/l), while women
… Freshwater fish in the interior have high tissue concentrations of mercury likely explaining …