The Results of 16 Years of Iodization: Assessment of Iodine Deficiency Among School-age Children in Antalya, Turkey

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Celmeli G., Curek Y., ÖZEN KÜÇÜKÇETİN İ., Gulten Z. A., ÖZDEM S., Akcurin S., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.256-260, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2020.2019.0168
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.256-260
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Iodine deficiency, prevalence, school-age children, Turkey, URINARY IODINE, PREGNANT-WOMEN, NUTRITIONAL-STATUS, ADEQUATE IODINE, GOITER, SCHOOLCHILDREN, PREVALENCE
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Iodine deficiency (ID) continues to be a problem around the world. This study investigated the prevalence of ID and goiter among school-age children in the city center of Antalya, Turkey. The aim was to investigate the effect of an iodization program, which had been running for sixteen years, on nutritional iodine status in this population.