TY - BOOK ID - 5514130 TI - Comprehensive handbook of iodine : nutritional, biochemical, pathological and therapeutic aspects AU - Preedy, Victor R. AU - Burrow, Gerard N. AU - Watson, Ronald R. PY - 2009 SN - 1282286765 9786612286766 0080920861 0123741351 9780123741356 9780080920863 9781282286764 6612286768 PB - Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic, DB - UniCat KW - Iodine. KW - Iodine deficiency diseases. KW - Iodine in the body. KW - Thyroid Diseases. KW - Endocrine System Diseases KW - Halogens KW - Diseases KW - Elements KW - Inorganic Chemicals KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Thyroid Diseases KW - Iodine KW - Public Health KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Metabolic & Nutritional Diseases KW - Public Health - General KW - Iodine deficiency diseases KW - Prevention. KW - Treatment. KW - Iodine deficiency disorders KW - Body composition KW - Trace element deficiency diseases UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5514130 AB - 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 considered from both simplistic and more complex perspectives: From the leaching of iodine from soil resulting in crops with low iodine content to malnutrition resulting in impaired iodine absorption. Poor dietary diversification and impoverished socio-economic development can also lead to iodi ER -