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This is a study of the long-term effects of administration of iodized oil in two Andean rural communities: Tocachi and La Esperanza. This program of prophylaxis was started in March 1966 (1). At that time these two neighboring villages were similar in terms of isolation, ethnic composition, degree of iodine deficiency, and socioeconomic conditions (protein-calorie malnutrition, annual income per capita, cultural deprivation, etc.) They presented similar prevalences of iodine deficiency disorders. In March 1966 the total population of Tocachi was treated; La Esperanza was used as a control. Women of childbearing age and children born in Tocachi were re-injected or injected in 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982 and 1986. All children born after the program was started were examined at the time of birth and at key stages of development: both physical growth and neuromotor maturation were observed until they were 5 years old (2–4). This part of the program was finished in 1973. In that year the intellectual capacity of those 3 to 7 years of age was studied (5, 6). In 1980 a subprogram of screening of neonatal hypothyroidism was started (7). In 1981 in those children born from 1966 to 1973 (8 to 15 years old) the effects of iodized oil on neural and psychological development, as measured by a battery of tests and by school performance, were studied (8).
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Fierro-Benítez, R. et al. (1989). Early Correction of Iodine Deficiency and Late Effects on Psychomotor Capabilities and Migration. In: DeLong, G.R., Robbins, J., Condliffe, P.G. (eds) Iodine and the Brain. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0765-5_26
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