Overview
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Elizabeth N. Pearce
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Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
Includes contributions from international experts on iodine nutrition and metabolism and leaders in IDD eradication efforts
Provides an up-to-date overview of both the effects of iodine deficiency and best strategies for prevention
Of interest to an international audience of endocrinologists, nutritionists, and public health workers
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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- J. Woody Sistrunk, Frits van der Haar
Pages 1-13
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- Zheng Feei Ma, Sheila A. Skeaff
Pages 15-28
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- Małgorzata Gizak, Jonathan Gorstein, Maria Andersson
Pages 29-43
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- Eduardo A. Pretell, Chandrakant Pandav, Regional Co-ordinator South Asia Iodine Global Network
Pages 45-57
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- Creswell J. Eastman, Mu Li
Pages 59-74
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- Peter Laurberg, Lone Banke Rasmussen
Pages 105-120
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- Peter N. Taylor, Onyebuchi E. Okosieme
Pages 121-140
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- Elizabeth N. Pearce, Lewis E. Braverman
Pages 141-153
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Back Matter
Pages 155-158
About this book
Iodine is an essential micronutrient and an integral component of the thyroid hormones, which are required for normal growth and development. The iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) encompass a spectrum of adverse health effects including goiter, cretinism, hypothyroidism, growth retardation, and increased pregnancy loss and infant mortality. This volume summarizes the current understanding of the effects of iodine deficiency as well as iodine excess. It also discusses best practices for salt iodization, the mainstay of global IDD prevention efforts, and other forms of food fortification. The effectiveness of iodine supplementation for vulnerable populations, an evolving strategy in many regions, is also described. Low level environmental exposure to chemicals such as perchlorate and thiocyanate, which competitively block thyroidal iodine uptake, appears to be ubiquitous worldwide. There has been recent concern that such environmental exposures might pose a health hazard by inducing or aggravating underlying thyroid dysfunction. This up-to-date volume explores both the effects of iodine deficiency as well as the best strategies for IDD prevention.
Editors and Affiliations
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Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
Elizabeth N. Pearce
About the editor
Elizabeth N. Pearce, MD, MSc, is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at Boston University School of Medicine. She also is on the management council of the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders and the co-chair of the American Thyroid Association’s Thyroid in Pregnancy Guidelines Task Force.
