title: [Health status of children and adolescents and risk factors in a geographic endemic area].
abstract: The health status of children and adolescents residing in geographic endemic area of the Republic of Tatarstan was studied. Medical examinations of 5078 children and adolescents were performed. They showed a significant increase in the incidence of thyroid hyperplasia caused by iodine deficiency. The successively significant risk factors are biological, naturally ecological, and social.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Sakharev
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kupche
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine