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Availability of Adequately Iodized Salt at Household Level and Associated Factors in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In Ethiopia, Iodine Deficiency Disorder has been recognized as a serious public health problem for the past six decades. In 2011, an estimated 12 million school-age children were living with inadequate iodine, and 66 million people were at risk of iodine
Baraki, N. (Negga)   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The effect of iodine deficiency during pregnancy on child development

open access: yesProceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2019
It is well known that severe iodine deficiency during pregnancy may cause impaired brain development in the child, with effects on cognitive and motor function, hearing and speech. Whether mild-to-moderate deficiency also affects neurological development
S. Bath
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fluoride Exposure Induces Inhibition of Sodium/Iodide Symporter (NIS) Contributing to Impaired Iodine Absorption and Iodine Deficiency: Molecular Mechanisms of Inhibition and Implications for Public Health

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
The sodium iodide symporter (NIS) is the plasma membrane glycoprotein that mediates active iodide transport in the thyroid and other tissues, such as the salivary, gastric mucosa, rectal mucosa, bronchial mucosa, placenta and mammary glands.
Declan T Waugh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Iodine deficiency in the diet as a multidisciplinary problem

open access: yesЛечащий Врач, 2021
The problems of physiological need for iodine and its nutritional deficit in the world and in Russia; food sources of iodine; diagnosis of iodine deficiency by rating of ioduria, thyroid gland ultrasound, and assessment of thyroid status; pathological ...
V. G. Bespalov, I. A. Tumanyan
doaj  

The Study of Iodine Status among Schoolchildren from Kyiv and Ways to Correct the Revealed Violations

open access: yesZdorovʹe Rebenka, 2016
Relevance. Lack of iodine in the environment is one of the topical medico-social problems in many countries of the world. Iodine deficiency is an important risk factor for the developmental delay, memory loss, or the ability for analysis and abstract ...
O.A. Stroi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Iodine Supplementation in Pregnancy on Iodine Status, Thyroglobulin Levels and Thyroid Function Parameters: Results from a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial in a Mild-to-Moderate Iodine Deficiency Area

open access: yesNutrients, 2019
Background: Iodine supplementation during pregnancy in areas with mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency is still debated. Methods: A single-center, randomized, single-blind and placebo-controlled (3:2) trial was conducted.
S. Censi   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Socio-economic and spatial correlates of subclinical iodine deficiency among pregnant women age 15–49 years in Tanzania

open access: yesBMC Nutrition, 2017
Background Iodine deficiency is a widespread global health problem that affects about 2 billion people each year. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to iodine deficiency due to increased iodine requirement leading to death, miscarriage, and ...
Abdalla H. Mtumwa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling protection behaviour towards micronutrient deficiencies: case of iodine biofortified vegetable legumes as health intervention for school-going children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Despite successes recorded in combating iodine deficiency, more than 2 billion people are still at risk of iodine deficiency disorders.
De Steur, Hans   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Iodine deficiency in pregnancy [PDF]

open access: yesItalian Journal of Pediatrics, 2014
Iodine is an essential micronutrient for thyroid hormone synthesis and thus is essential for the normal progression of pregnancy and for the fetus neuropsychological development. Iodine requirements increase during pregnancy for physiological changes in iodine metabolism (increased renal iodine losses, iodine transfer from maternal circulation to the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Iodine deficiency among pregnant women living in Northern Ireland

open access: yesClinical Endocrinology, 2019
Mild iodine deficiency has re‐emerged among school girls in the UK. We wished to study a contemporaneous pregnant population because a relationship between maternal iodine deficiency and offspring cognitive scores has recently been reported.
P. McMullan   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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