title: Dietary iodine and bromine intakes in Ukrainian subjects.
abstract: Dietary iodine and bromine intakes in Ukrainian subjects were estimated in relation to the health effects on inhabitants after the Chernobyl accident. Two hundred and eighty-six total diets were collected from twenty-five regions for Ukrainians by a duplicate portion study. Iodine and bromine were rapidly determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry after chemical separation. The range, median, and geometric mean of iodine intakes were 2.86-698, 44.7, and 48.1 microg per person per day, respectively. Those of bromine were 0.627-16.9, 2.97, and 2.92 mg per person per day, respectively. Daily intakes of both elements in Ukrainians were lower than previously reported values. The iodine intake in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl accident was lower than that in non-contaminated areas. The low iodine intake in both areas would be related to the high prevalence of goiters throughout the whole country. The low bromine intakes indicated Ukrainians were not exposed to bromine-containing foods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Dosimetry, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan 263-8555. k_shirai@nirs.go.jp
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Pavlo V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Zamostyan
authors.forename: Nikolay Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Tsigankov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001966:Bromine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis*; D047852:Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005504:Food Analysis; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007455:Iodine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis*; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine; D001966:Bromine