title: Iodine deficiency status amongst school children in Pauri, Uttarakhand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the iodine deficiency status amongst school age children in district Pauri, Uttarakhand.
  
  
  METHODS
  2067 children (age of 6-12 years) were included. Clinical examination of thyroid gland of each child was conducted. On-the-spot urine and salt samples were collected from children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total Goitre Rate was found to be 16.8% and median Urinary Iodine Concentration level was 115 µg/L. Only 40.4% of salt samples had e 15 ppm of iodine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a mild degree of iodine deficiency in school age children in district Pauri. There is a need of strengthening the National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Umesh Kapil, Department of Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India. umeshkapil@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kapil
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sareen
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bhadoria
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D013334:Students
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine