title: Urinary iodine excretion in inhabitants of rural region living in the Lublin Province.
abstract: Iodine is the element necessary for the human organism to function properly. Iodine is essential especially for the synthesis of thyroid hormones that regulate the cellular metabolism of the whole organism. The purpose of the work was to estimate the concentration of iodine in urine among the inhabitants of a typical agricultural region as a simple method of detecting deficiency of iodine in the human organism. The biggest iodine excretion was observed in a group above 40 years of age. The amount of the excretion of iodine together with urine was similar among men and women up to 40 years old. Monitoring of iodine concentration in urine is a sensitive marker of iodine deficiency in the human organism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene, Department of Pediatrics and Nephrology, Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borzecki
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Borzecka
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zajaczkowska
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sieklucka-Dziuba
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000383:Agriculture; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012016:Reference Values; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine