iodine deficiency disorder

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Any condition–eg, cretinism and brain damage, goiter, or hypothyroidism, attributable to iodine deficiency and corrected by adequate dietary iodine. See Iodine.

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Nearly 64 percent of Pakistanis suffer from iodine deficiency, according to the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders.

Lack of iodine from distant war causes health problems in Ethiopia by ANITA POWELL / AP Features

Indicators for Assessing Iodine Deficiency Disorders and Their Control through Salt Iodization.

Impact of smoking and thiocyanate on perchlorate and thyroid hormone ... by Steinmaus, Craig; Miller, Mark D.; Howd, Robert / Environmental Health Perspectives

A spectrum of conditions called iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) have been reported in the literature.

Iodine and selenium--'trace' minerals in New Zealand by Elias, Sandra / New Zealand College of Midwives Journal

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