Bocio endémico, sal yodada y salud pública

Authors

  • Mario Montecinos G. Departamento de Salud Pública, División de Ciencias Médicas Occidente, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
  • Claudio Espejo S.C. Médico General
  • Juan C. Zúñiga R. Médico General

Keywords:

Endemic Goiter, Prevention, Public Health

Abstract

Definitions of goiter and endemic goiter, according to criteria given by WHO are revised.
Ethiology including environmental as well as genetic factors is pointed out, describing the importance of endemic goiter and its prevention.
The problem in Chile is analyzed under the perspective of an extended bibliography the unfruitfulness of the efforts in prevention due to deffects in the process of inriching salt with iodine is commented.
Measures to correct those effects and to allow a solution to endemic goiter as a Public Health problem are proposed.

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Published

1984-12-28

How to Cite

Montecinos G., M., Espejo S.C., C. ., & Zúñiga R., J. C. (1984). Bocio endémico, sal yodada y salud pública. Cuadernos Médico Sociales, 25(4), 141–146. Retrieved from https://cuadernosms.cl/index.php/cms/article/view/1544

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 4 (1984): Cuadernos Médico Sociales

Section

Atención primaria

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