A new approach to combatting iodine deficiency in developing countries: the controlled release of iodine in water by a silicone elastomer. | Zendy

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A new approach to combatting iodine deficiency in developing countries: the controlled release of iodine in water by a silicone elastomer.

Author(s) -

A Fisch,

E Pichard,

Thiérry Prazuck,

Robert Sebbag,

Miguel Ángel González Torres,

G Gernez,

M Gentilini

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.4.540

Subject(s) - iodine , silicone , elastomer , iodine deficiency , medicine , environmental health , materials science , composite material , metallurgy

Four hundred million people or more may be exposed to iodine deficiency worldwide, in developing countries in particular. Because of the practical problems with existing methods for the large-scale prevention of iodine deficiency, the authors developed a new approach to collective prophylaxis.

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