Comprehensive handbook of iodine : nutritional, biochemical, pathological, and therapeutic aspects /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Preedy, Victor R., Burrow, Gerard N., 1933-2013, Watson, Ronald
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Academic Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Iodine deficiency diseases.
Iodine deficiency diseases > Prevention.
Iodine deficiency diseases > Treatment.
Iodine in the body.
Thyroid gland > Diseases.
Iodine > deficiency
Iodine > metabolism
Thyroid Diseases
Carence en iode.
Carence en iode > Traitement.
Iode dans l'organisme.
Thyro�ide > Maladies.
Thyroid gland > Diseases
Iodine deficiency diseases
Iodine deficiency diseases > Prevention
Iodine in the body
Iodmangel
Iodstoffwechsel
Handbook
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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