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 deficiencies can be...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Analytical techniques
- General aspects of iodine sources and intakes in the diet, main routes of iodine metabolism and metabolic roles
- Pathological aspects of iodine deficiency
- Prevention and treatment of iodine deficiency disorders
- Damage and disease due to iodine toxicity
- Radiodine in the non-iodine deficient subject
- Other causes of hypothyroidism
- Geographical aspects of iodine deficiency disorders.