Ten-year follow-up of thyroid epidemiology in Slovenia after increase in salt iodization

[摘要] Aim To assess iodine supply and follow thyroid epidemiology for ten years after an iodine increase from 10 to 25 mg of potassium iodide per kilogram of salt in 1999. Methods In 2002 and 2003, we determined the thyroid size by palpation...

[学科分类] 卫生学

[关键词] iodine supply;thyroid epidemiology;Slovenia;goiter;thyroid autonomy;Graves�? disease;Hashimoto’s thyroiditis