Open AccessEvaluation of iodine supply at territories contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident
Author(s) -
V.V. Shakhtarin,
А. Ф. Цыб,
А. Д. Прошин,
V. N. Doroshchenko,
Б. И. Квитко,
O. I. Petrakova
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl11439
Subject(s) - iodine , contamination , population , environmental health , urine , excretion , human settlement , environmental science , radiochemistry , medicine , geography , chemistry , biology , endocrinology , archaeology , ecology , organic chemistry
The level of iodine consumption of the population living at a territory contaminated by the Chernobyl accident is evaluated for the Bryansk region (more than 30,000 km2). Analysis of iodine concentrations in the urine, carried out in 6750 children and adolescents from 125 settlements indicates that the level of iodine supply at the studied territory varies from normal to medium low iodine insufficiency. Age and sex did not affect renal excretion of iodine. An algorithm is suggested for detailed assessment of iodine consumption at large territories.