title: [Endemic goiter in the area of Mielec].
abstract: The scope of this report is the incidence of goiter in school children living in Mielec and neighbouring villages. We examined a group of 3537 children aged 6-14. The enlargement of thyroid gland was observed in 49.3% of the population. Judging by the results of the research this region can be regarded as endemic. There might be several reasons for a high incidence of goiter in this region. The most important are: insufficient iodine prophylaxis, pollution of the environment including the pollution with radioiodine after the damage of the Chernobyl reactor.
authors.affiliation: Sekcji Pediatrycznej Studenckiego Koła Naukowego przy Instytucie Medycyny Klinicznej, Rzeszowie.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Telega
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Telega
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wiśniowska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pniak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Przybycień
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Przybycień
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wójcik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reichardt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Endemia wola w okolicach Mielca.