1. [Sanitary assessment of iodine levels in the environment and their impact on children's health].
- Author
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Novikov IuV, Savchenkov MF, Savchenkova SV, Muratova NM, Brovina FIa, Manueva RS, Nekipelov MI, Seliverstvova TG, Andreeva VB, and Muratov VV
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Hyperplasia, Infant, Male, Palpation, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Siberia, Thyroid Diseases diagnosis, Thyroid Diseases diagnostic imaging, Thyroid Diseases pathology, Thyroid Gland pathology, Ultrasonography, Food Analysis, Iodine analysis, Iodine deficiency, Thyroid Diseases epidemiology, Water Supply analysis
- Abstract
The Irkutsk province and the Republic of Buryatia which are a part of the Baikal Region (Siberia) were studied for environmental iodine balance. The water and local foodstuffs were found to show low iodine levels (they being 0.2 to 6.9 micrograms/l). In children, iodine deficiency was detected in 60-87% of the total number examined. There was a relationship between of the severity of neurological symptoms, the onset of thyroid diseases, general morbidity, physical development, iodine levels in the body. It is concluded that iodine deficiency has a great impact on the development of the regional pathology in children.
- Published
- 2001