The Prevention and Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders - Nutrition policy discussion paper No. 3 (UNSSCN, 1988, 130 p.): 10. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION

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

10. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION

These recommendations are for research particularly related to policy issues arising from IDD control programmes.

a) Detailed epidemiological studies of the effects of iodine deficiency on mental performance, on a whole population.
b) An assessment of the social and economic aspects of IDD and the benefits of control.
c) A review of existing salt iodization plants, to find a longer-lasting model.
d) A review of large iodized salt production systems.
e) Further clinical, pharmacological and animal studies with iodized oil for oral administration, including comparisons with injections of the same preparations.
f) Methods to produce iodized oil cheaply and quickly.
g) Systematic studies of mass education methods to improve public understanding of IDD and their prevention.
h) Detailed case studies of successful and unsuccessful iodization programmes.
i) Real incidence of iodine-induced thyrotoxicosis.
j) Immunological aspects of thyroid growth stimulation in endemic goitre.
k) The relationship of IDD to other nutritional deficiencies.
l) New technologies for IDD control.