Urinary iodine excretion in Belarus children.
Casual urine samples were collected to determine iodine excretion of 1680 Belarus children during 1990-1994. The subjects, 8-16 years old, were from nine different regions of Belarus; 60% were from the Gomel oblast, which has been associated with relatively high levels of radioiodine fallout and increased incidence of thyroid cancer. Most of the median values indicate borderline/low iodine intake or mild iodine deficiency. Ranges were wide but 163 children excreted < 20 micrograms I/l urine and they should be considered severely deficient in iodine.
Mityukova
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Research Institute of Radiation Medicine, Ministry of Health of Belarus, Minsk.
Astakhova
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Asenchyk
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Orlov
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VanMiddlesworth
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency / Q000652:urine*; D002094:Republic of Belarus
D007455:Iodine