TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hetzel,Basil S.
TI  - The story of iodine deficiency: an international challenge in nutrition 
SN  - 0192616692 :
AV  - RA645.I55 H47 1989
U1  - 616.3/9 19
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Iodine deficiency diseases
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Iodine
KW  - deficiency
KW  - Nutrition Disorders
KW  - prevention & control
N1  - 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
N2  - 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

UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0637/88031253-t.html
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