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dc.contributor.authorHenjum, Sigrun
dc.contributor.authorBarikmo, Ingrid Elisabet
dc.contributor.authorGjerlaug, Anne Karine
dc.contributor.authorAbderrahman, Mohamed
dc.contributor.authorOshaug, Arne
dc.contributor.authorStrand, Tor A
dc.contributor.authorTorheim, Liv Elin
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-21T09:51:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-31T08:43:14Z
dc.date.available2013-01-21T09:51:47Z
dc.date.available2017-03-31T08:43:14Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-01
dc.identifier.citationPublic Health Nutrition 2010;13(9):1472-1477language
dc.identifier.issn1368-9800
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/4617
dc.description.abstractObjective: To assess the prevalence of enlarged thyroid volume (Tvol) in Saharawi refugee children, and their urinary iodine concentration (UIC), and to identify possible sources of excess iodine intake. Design: A cross-sectional survey was performed during January–February 2007. Tvol was measured by ultrasound and iodine concentration was analysed in casual urine samples, in household drinking water and in milk samples from household livestock. Setting: The study was undertaken in four refugee camps in the Algerian desert. Subjects: The subjects were 421 Saharawi children, 6–14 years old. Results: Enlarged Tvol was found in 56 % (Tvol-for-age) and 86 % (Tvol-for-body- surface-area) of the children. The median (25th percentile–75th percentile, P 25 –P 75 ) UIC was 565 (357–887) m g/l. The median (P 25 –P 75 ) iodine concentration in household drinking water was 108 (77–297) m g/l. None of the children had UIC below 100 m g/l, 16 % had UIC between 100 and 299 m g/l, and 84 % had UIC above 300 m g/l. There was a positive association between Tvol and whether the household possessed livestock. Conclusions: The children are suffering from endemic goitre and high UIC caused probably by an excessive intake of iodine. The excessive iodine intakes probably originate from drinking water and milk.language
dc.language.isoenlanguage
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)language
dc.rightsThis article has been published in a revised form in Public Health Nutrition http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980010000650. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © The Authors 2010language
dc.subjectThyroid volumelanguage
dc.subjectIodine excesslanguage
dc.subjectSaharawi refugee childrenlanguage
dc.subjectIodine intakelanguage
dc.subjectUrinary iodinelanguage
dc.titleEndemic goitre and excessive iodine in urine and drinking water among Saharawi refugee childrenlanguage
dc.typeJournal article
dc.typePeer reviewedlanguage
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2013-01-21T09:51:48Z
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dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980010000650
dc.identifier.cristin360530
dc.subject.nsi811: Ernæring / Nutrition


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