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Comprehensive handbook of iodine : nutritional, biochemical, pathological, and therapeutic aspects /
Over two billion people worldwide are at risk for the spectrum of disorders known as ""The Iodine Deficiency Disorders."" 1-10% will suffer cretinism; 5-30% will have some sort of brain damage or neurological impairment and 30-70% will be hypothyroid. The causes of iodine deficie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Medicine and Dentistry 2009 : Subject Collection
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Over two billion people worldwide are at risk for the spectrum of disorders known as ""The Iodine Deficiency Disorders."" 1-10% will suffer cretinism; 5-30% will have some sort of brain damage or neurological impairment and 30-70% will be hypothyroid. The causes of iodine deficiencies can be considered from both simplistic and more complex perspectives: From the leaching of iodine from soil resulting in crops with low iodine content to malnutrition resulting in impaired iodine absorption. Poor dietary diversification and impoverished socio-economic development can also lead to iodi. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780080920863 0080920861 9780123741356 0123741351 |