BACKGROUND Approximately 2.2 billion (2200 million) of the world population are living in the area with Iodine deficiency (ID), most of them in the developing countries. In IRAN about 2 million are exposed to Iodine deficiency. Most of the complications of ID are not curable, especially brain damage. On the other hand, adding iodine to daily salt is a suitable program for decreasing iodine defi...

Introduction Iodine and iodinated resin have been evaluated for water treatment. Iodine (2.5-7.0 mg/l water) has been used in water treatment since 1900, especially for troops. Iodine’s solubility in water depends on temperature (0.29 g/1 at 20°C, 0.78 g/l at 50°C and 4.45 g/1 at 100°C). Its hydrolysis and hence speciation in water depends on pH and concentration of titrable iodine in solution....

background: iodine deficiency elimination program has begun since two decades ago in iran. this study was performed to evaluate the adequacy of iodine supplementation after 17 years of national salt iodization in the kermanshah province. methods: in this cross-sectional study 1200 schoolchildren aged 8 to10 year-old from kermanshah province were randomly selected and evaluated in 2007. goiter p...

Iodine is essential for good function of the thyroid, and its deficiency is of public-health importance in Ethiopia. Iodization of salt is an effective and sustainable strategy to prevent and control iodine deficiency in large populations. The effectiveness of salt-iodization programmes depends on the conservation of iodine concentration in salt at various stages of the supply-chain. The overal...

Garam memiliki peranan penting sebagai bagian ekonomi masyarakat pesisir serta sejarah yang panjang, khususnya di wilayah Jawa dan Madura. Dalam praktik tata niaga, garam hasil produksi petambak dibeli oleh pedagang/produsen sebagian besar diolah untuk memenuhi pasar konsumsi beryodium kebutuhan bahan baku industri, seperti industri aneka pangan. Dengan melakukan pendekatan analisis deskriptif ...