Open AccessChildren’s health under the conditions of goiter endemia in Yaroslavl
Author(s) -
Ye. V. Shubina,
N. L. Chernaya,
Yu. K. Aleksandrov,
Л. И. Мозжухина
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/probl11684
Subject(s) - goiter , iodine deficiency , medicine , epidemiology , pediatrics , environmental health , thyroid , physical examination , pathology
A comprehensive examination (study of the specific features of health, adaptive processes, and the thyroid status) was made in 159 children aged 8-12 years who lived in areas exposed to a combination of geochemical and man-made environmental factors. The schoolchildren with endemic thyroid enlargement were found to show a higher prevalence of chronic somatic diseases, abnormalities in physical development, and a significant strain of adaptive processes. The epidemiological features of goiter endemia point to the complicated pathogenesis of thyromegaly in children upon combined exposure to man-made and geochemical factors, which is caused not only by iodine deficiency, but also by additional antithyroid factors. This shows it necessary to apply a comprehensive approach to implementing preventive antigoiter measures not only to eliminate iodine deficiency, but also to correct additional strumogenic exposures existing in the region.