Iodine status of Tasmanians following voluntary fortification of bread with iodine

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-71

  Seal, Judy A ^a   Doyle, Zelda ^a   Burgess, John R ^b   Taylor, Roscoe ^a   Cameron, Angus R ^a  

^a Department of Health and Human Services ^*

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAD; CATERING SERVICE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33846583656     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00803.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, United Nations Children's Fund, World Health Organization. Assessment of iodine deficiency disorders and monitoring their elimination. 2nd ed. Geneva: WHO, 2001. http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/micronutrients/en/ index.html (accessed Nov 2006).
2. Lombardi FA, Pinchera A, Antonangeli L, et al. Mild iodine deficiency during fetal/neonatal life and neuropsychological impairment in Tuscany. J Endocrinol Invest 1995; 18: 57-62.
3. Soriguer F, Millon MC, Munoz R, et al. The auditory threshold in a school-age population is related to iodine intake and thyroid function. Thyroid 2000; 10: 991-999.
4. Gibson HB. Surveillance of iodine deficiency disorders in Tasmania 1949-1984. 2nd ed. Launceston: Myola House of Publishing, 2006.
5. Hynes KL, Blizzard CL, Venn AJ, et al. Persistent iodine deficiency in a cohort of Tasmanian school children: associations with socio-economic status, geographical location and dietary factors. Aust N Z J Public Health 2004; 28: 476-481.
6. Gunton JE, Hams G, Fiegert M, McElduff A. Iodine deficiency in ambulatory participants at a Sydney teaching hospital: is Australia truly iodine replete? Med J Aust 1999; 171: 467-470.
7. Li M, Ma G, Boyages SC, Eastman CJ. Re-emergence of iodine deficiency in Australia. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2001; 10: 200-203.
8. Guttikonda K, Travers CA, Lewis PR, Boyages S. Iodine deficiency in urban primary school children: a cross-sectional analysis. Med J Aust 2003; 179: 346-348.
9. McDonnell CM, Harris M, Zacharin MR. Iodine deficiency and goitre in schoolchildren in Melbourne, 2001. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 159-162.
10. McElduff A, McElduff P, Gunton JE, et al. Neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations in northern Sydney: further indications of mild iodine deficiency? Med J Aust 2002; 176: 317-320.
11. Skeaff SA, Thomson CD, Gibson RS. Mild iodine deficiency in a sample of New Zealand schoolchildren. Eur J Clin Nutr 2002; 56: 1169-1175.
12. Thomson CD. Selenium and iodine intakes and status in New Zealand and Australia. Br J Nutr 2004; 91: 661-672.
13. Seal JA, Johnson EM, Doyle Z, Shaw K. Tasmania: doing its wee bit for iodine nutrition [letter]. Med J Aust 2003; 179: 451-452.
14. Dunn JT, Crutchfield HE, Gutekunst R, Dunn AD. Two simple methods for measuring iodine in urine. Thyroid 1993; 3: 119-123.
15. Als C, Helblin A, Peter K, et al. Urinary iodine concentration follows a circadian rhythm: a study with 3023 spot urine samples in adults and children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000; 85: 1367-1369.
16. National Health and Medical Research Council, Ministry of Health New Zealand. Nutrient reference values for Australia and New Zealand including recommended dietary intakes. Canberra: NHMRC, 2006. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/n35syn,htm (accessed Nov 2006).
17. Li M, Eastman CJ, Waite KV, et al. Are Australian children iodine deficient? Results of the Australian National Iodine Nutrition Study. Med J Aust 2006; 184: 165-169.