urine iodine concentration

Salt Iodization and Urinary Iodine Concentration Levels among Primary School Children in Mt. Elgon Sub-County, Kenya

Stephen N. Onteri, Anselimo O. Makokha, Beatrice Nyanchama Kiage Mokua & Philip Ndemwa · Asian Food Science Journal · 2021

Aims: Iodine plays a key role in thyroid hormone production and functioning. Inadequate iodine intake results in iodine deficiency (ID) which impairs the normal functioning of the thyroid. The deficiency is responsible for damage to brain development, growth retardation, cretinis...