ea0025oc3.8 | Pituitary and thyroid | SFEBES2011
Vanderpump Mark
, Lazarus John
, Smyth Peter
, Burns Robert
, Eggo Margaret
, Han Thang
, Williams Graham
, Torlinska Barbara
, Mullan Karen
, Pearce Simon
, Razvi Salman
, Lean Mike
, Aspray Emile Combet
, Bannon Denise
, Abraham Prakash
, Vadia Bijay
, Leese Graham
, Laurberg Peter
, Boelaert Kristien
, Franklyn Jayne
Inadequate dietary iodine intake is the most common cause of preventable mental impairment worldwide and is defined by the WHO as a population median urinary iodine (UI) excretion <100 μg/l. No contemporary data are available for the UK according to the ICCIDD. The UK has no programme of food/salt iodination.We have performed a systematic assessment of the current UK iodine status in 1415 years old schoolgirls. Seven hundred and eighty-fiv...