Proper nutrition is the single most important component of preventative health care. Heart
disease, diabetes, and other ailments are all linked to dietary habits. Accurate nutritional …

Iodine is a vital micronutrient required at all stages of life; fetal life and early childhood being
the most critical phases of requirement. Diet is the sole source of iodine, which in turn is …

Iodine deficiency is generally recognized as the most commonly preventable cause of
mental retardation and the most common cause of endocrinopathy (goiter and primary …

Micronutrients, mostly iodine and selenium, are required for thyroid hormone synthesis and
function. Iodine is an essential component of thyroid hormones and its deficiency is …

Our overall aim is to monitor iodine supply in a prospective study before and after the
September 1998 increase of salt iodide content in Switzerland. Because iodide is supplied …

Serum Tg is widely used in the control of thyroid cancer but also in the diagnosis of certain
other thyroid diseases. Serum Tg may be useful in the characterization of the iodine status of …

In this issue of JCEM (see page 3401), Hollowell et al.(1a) report a median urinary iodine
excretion of 145 μg/L in a comprehensive survey of the United States population during the …

The literature on the effects of micronutrients on cognitive, motor and behavioural
development is reviewed focusing mainly on children. Iron, zinc, iodine and vitamins are …

Endemic goitre has been reported in the climatic wet zone of south-west Sri Lanka for the
past 50 years, but rarely occurs in the northern dry zone. Despite government-sponsored …

Objective The iodine status of a population is traditionally evaluated by either urinary iodine
(UI) excretion or by some measure of thyroid volume and the prevalence of goitre. In this …