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The story of iodine deficiency : an international challenge in nutrition / Basil S. Hetzel.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford medical publicationsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.Description: xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0192616692 :
  • 0192618660 (pbk.)
  • 9780192618665
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.3/9 19
LOC classification:
  • RA645.I55 H47 1989
NLM classification:
  • QV 283 H591s
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: PART I: Understanding Iodine-Deficiency 1. The History of Goitre and Cretinism 2. The Biology of Iodine 3. A Global Review of Endemic Cretinism 4. The Evidence from Papua, New Guinea 5. The Evidence from Animal Studies 6. The Spectrum of Iodine-Deficiency Disorders PART II: Preventing and Controlling Iodine-Deficiency Disorders 7. The Correction of Iodine-Deficiency 8. National IDD Control Programmes 9. International Action PART III: The Present Challenge: A Massive Global Problem 10. Europe 11. Latin America 12. Asia 13. Africa
Summary: This study shows that the eradication of iodine deficiency, which causes inadequate thyroid hormone production, is feasible with the available technology within the next decade, requiring only a modest financial and technical effort from the Western world.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.


Machine derived contents note: PART I: Understanding Iodine-Deficiency
1. The History of Goitre and Cretinism
2. The Biology of Iodine
3. A Global Review of Endemic Cretinism
4. The Evidence from Papua, New Guinea
5. The Evidence from Animal Studies
6. The Spectrum of Iodine-Deficiency Disorders
PART II: Preventing and Controlling Iodine-Deficiency Disorders
7. The Correction of Iodine-Deficiency
8. National IDD Control Programmes
9. International Action
PART III: The Present Challenge: A Massive Global Problem
10. Europe
11. Latin America
12. Asia
13. Africa

This study shows that the eradication of iodine deficiency, which causes inadequate thyroid hormone production, is feasible with the available technology within the next decade, requiring only a modest financial and technical effort from the Western world.

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