The Prevention and Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders - Nutrition policy discussion paper No. 3 (UNSSCN, 1988, 130 p.): (introduction...)

The Prevention and Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders - Nutrition policy discussion paper No. 3 (UNSSCN, 1988, 130 p.)

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		ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
		FOREWORD
		INTRODUCTION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
		SUMMARY
		GLOSSARY
		1. INTRODUCTION
		2. IDD IN HUMANS AT FOUR STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AND IN ANIMAL MODELS
		3. PREVALENCE OF IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS (IDD)
		4. METHODS TO CORRECT IODINE DEFICIENCY
		5. THE HAZARDS OF IODIZATION
		6. RECENT IODIZATION PROGRAMMES
		7. ASSESSING IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMMES
		8. ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS CONTROL PROGRAMMES
		9. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CREATING A GLOBAL STRATEGY
		10. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION
		REFERENCES
		PHYSIOPATHALOGICAL ASPECTS OF ENDEMIC GOITRE AND CRETINISM
		COMMENTARY ON DR. HETZEL'S REVIEW OF THE GLOBAL PROBLEM OF IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS
		RELATIVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PRESCRIPTIVE VERSUS POPULATION BASED PROPHYLAXIC MEASURES

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UNITED NATIONS

NATIONS UNIES

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION/SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION

ACC/SCN STATE-OF-THE-ART SERIES
NUTRITION POLICY DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 3

by
Basil S. Hetzel, MD, FRCP, FRACP, FFCM, FTS
CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition
Adelaide, Australia

Executive Director, International Council for Control of
Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD)
c/o Health Development Foundation, 8th Floor,
Samuol Way Building, Women's and Children's Hospital,
72 King William Road, North Adelaide. 5006, Australia

with discussion by F. Delange, J. B. Stanbury and F. E. Viteri
and an introduction by M. Lotfi and J. B. Mason

March 1988
reprinted June 1993 with assistance of the Government of the Netherlands

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