title: Urinary iodine excretion in Belarus children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Radiation Medicine, Ministry of Health of Belarus, Minsk.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Mityukova
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Astakhova
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Asenchyk
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Orlov
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: VanMiddlesworth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency / Q000652:urine*; D002094:Republic of Belarus
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine