Iodine Deficiency Disorders and Their Elimination

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pearce, Elizabeth N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Public health.; Endocrinology.; Microbiology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Public Health.

Iodine is an essential micronutrient and an integral component of the thyroid hormones, which are required for normal growth and development. The iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) encompass a spectrum of adverse health effects including goiter, cretinism, hypothyroidism, growth retardation, and incr...

Table of Contents:

• A history of Iodine Deficiency Disorder Eradication Efforts
• Assessment of Population Iodine Status
• Epidemiology of Iodine Deficiency
• Severe Iodine Deficiency
• Mild to Moderate Iodine Deficiency
• The Effects of Iodine Excess
• Salt Iodization into the Modern Era and Beyond
• Non-Salt Food Fortification Programs
• Iodine Supplementation
• Environmental Iodine Uptake inhibitors.