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Iodine Deficiency in Europe

A Continuing Concern

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  1. F. Delange

    1. University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

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  2. J. T. Dunn

    1. University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA

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  3. D. Glinoer

    1. University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 241)

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Table of contents (60 chapters)

  1. Overview of Iodine Nutrition

    1. Consequences of iodine deficiency in Europe on agriculture and socio-economic development

      1. Animal Studies of Iodized Oils: Iodine Disposition and Physiological Effects
        • Catherine Chambon, Isabelle Chastin
        Pages 159-167

    2. Consequences of iodine deficiency in Europe on specific target groups: pregnant women, neonates

      1. Feto-Maternal Thyroid Hormone Relationships in Iodine Deficiency: An Experimental Approach
        • Gabriella Morreale de Escobar, María Jesús Obregón, Rosa Calvo, Francisco Escobar del Rey
        Pages 171-180
      2. Thyroid Regulation During Pregnancy
        • Daniel Glinoer
        Pages 181-190
      3. Goitre in Pregnancy in Germany
        • K. Bauch, D. Einenkel, W. Alexander, E. Grosse, J. Becker, J. Kibbassa et al.
        Pages 191-197
      4. Neonatal Thyroid Function in Iodine Deficiency
        • François Delange, Pierre Bourdoux, Michael Laurence, Lilia Peneva, Paul Walfish, Helmut Willgerodt
        Pages 199-209
      5. Congenital Hypothyroid Screening Programs and the Sensitive Thyrotropin Assay: Strategies for the Surveillance of Iodine Deficiency Disorders
        • Dale Nordenberg, Kevin Sullivan, Glen Maberly, Veronica Wiley, Brigette Wilcken, Fiona Bamforth et al.
        Pages 211-217
      6. National Programme of Iodine Prophylaxis and Neonatal Thyroid Function
        • V. Hesse
        Pages 219-226

    3. Consequences of iodine deficiency in Europe in relation to nuclear hazards

      1. Consequences of Iodine Fall Out: Dosimetric and Radiobiological Considerations
        • J. F. Malone
        Pages 229-235
      2. Dietary Iodine Supply and Radioiodine Uptake: The Case for Generalized Iodine Prophylaxis
        • André Marie Ermans
        Pages 237-241
      3. Use of Potassium Iodide to Minimize Thyroid Radiation from Radioactive Fall-Out
        • Pat B. Zanzonico, David V. Becker
        Pages 243-258

    4. Iodine prophylaxis in industrialized countries

      1. Iodization of Salt and Food. Technical and Legal Aspects
        • Hans Bürgi
        Pages 261-268
      2. Study of A System of Continuous Iodine Release into Water (RhodifuseR Iode)
        • Pr E. Pichard, A. Blanchard, B. Debeugny
        Pages 269-274
      3. Iodine Supplementation to a Public Water Supply: An Efficient Method for Correcting Iodine Deficiency
        • R. Vigneri, R. Catalfamo, V. Freni, A. Ippolito, G. L. La Rosa, C. Regalbuto
        Pages 275-283
      4. Monitoring of Programs of Iodine Prophylaxis in Industrialized Countries
        • John T. Dunn
        Pages 285-290
      5. Implementation of Iodine Deficiency Disorder Elimination Programs in Europe
        • Claude Thilly, Béatrice Swennen, Raphael Lagasse
        Pages 291-294

  2. Iodine nutrition in individual European countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
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    2. Urinary Excretion of Iodine in Norway

      • Harald Frey, Bent Rosenlund, Kenneth Try, Liv Theodorsen
      Pages 297-300

    3. The State of Iodine Nutrition in Sweden

      • F. Anders Karlsson
      Pages 301-303

    4. Present State of Endemic Goitre in Finland

      • B.-A. Lamberg, Kristian Liewendahl, Matti Välimäki
      Pages 305-309

    5. Iodine Intake in Denmark — Influence on the Pattern of Thyroid Disease

      • Peter Laurberg, Klaus M. Pedersen, Susanne B. Nøhr
      Pages 311-315
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The disorders induced by iodine deficiency affect at least one billion people. Because ofits effects on brain development, iodinedeficiency is the single most preventable cause of mental retardation in the world. Therefore, the United Nations and the Heads of State of almost all the world's countries represented at the Summit for Children in 1990 adopted resolutions to eradicate the disorders induced by iodine deficiency (IDD) by the year 2000. For geological and socio-economic reasons, most of the populations affected by iodine deficiency disorders live in isolated and usually mountainous areas, in pre­ industrialized parts ofthe world. The problem of iodine deficiency in Europe has been greatly underestimated in the last decades. After the remarkable studies on the effects of iodine deficiency and their prevention and correction in Switzerland, IDD was generally considered no longer a significant public health problem in Europe. However, surveys carried out in the early 1980's under the auspices of the European Thyroid Association, clearly demonstrated the persistence of moderately or even severely affected areas. These surveys also highlighted the lack ofinformation about large parts ofEurope, especially its eastern part. It is only quite recently, following major changes in international relations and thanks to the support of UNICEF, WHO, the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders and the European Thyroid Association, that more extensive surveys have been conducted in several parts of Europe hitherto almost unexplored. These surveys showed that most European countries were iodine deficient.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    F. Delange, D. Glinoer

  • University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA

    J. T. Dunn

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