Correlations of water iodine concentration to earlier goitre frequency in Sweden-an iodine sufficient country with long-term iodination of table salt

• Main Authors: Sofia Manousou (Author), Maja Stål (Author), Robert Eggertsen (Author), Michael Hoppe (Author), Lena Hulthén (Author), Helena Filipsson Nyström (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Before iodination of Swedish table salt in 1936, iodine deficiency resulting in goitre and hypothyroidism was common. Sweden has become iodine sufficient, as shown in a national survey in 2007, proving its iodination fortification programme effective for the general population. T...