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Goitre Prevalence and Salt Iodization in France

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Iodine Deficiency in Europe

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

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In 1984 the Société Française d’Endocrinologie launched in France a study of the goiter prevalence in school pupils between 10 to 14 years old. This study was conducted between 1984 and 1986 in 13 over 25 educational districts (académies) and included clinical examination and measurement of urinary iodide content1. At the same time, we measured the iodine content of different commercial salt brand.

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  1. R. Mornex, Enquête sur la prévalence du goitre en France. Bull. Acad. Natl. Méd. 171:301 (1987).

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  1. Faculté de Médecine A. Carrel, Unité INSERM U. 197, Lyon, France

    R. Mornex & M. Boucherat

  2. INRA, Unité Maladies Nutritionnelles, Theix, France

    M. Lamand & J. C. Tressol

  3. Hôpitaux de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    C. Jaffiol

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  1. University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    F. Delange  & D. Glinoer  & 

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

    J. T. Dunn

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Mornex, R., Boucherat, M., Lamand, M., Tressol, J.C., Jaffiol, C. (1993). Goitre Prevalence and Salt Iodization in France. In: Delange, F., Dunn, J.T., Glinoer, D. (eds) Iodine Deficiency in Europe. NATO ASI Series, vol 241. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1245-9_46

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