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| | Goiter Prevalence, Urinary Iodine Excretion and Household Salt Iodine after 10 years of Salt Iodization in Yazd ... |
 | | TGR of Taft, Abarkuh, Khatam, Yazd, Bafgh, Sadugh, Mehriz, Mybod and Ardakan were 43.3%, 41.5% 32.4%, 40.2%, 38.5%, 53.8%, 41.8%, 37.8% and 31.5% respectively. |
| | Mean of urinary iodine in Taft, Abarkuh, Khatam, Yazd, Bafgh, Sadugh, Mehriz, Mybod and Ardakan were 224±146 µg/l, 229±130 µg/l, 332±114 µg/l, 266±122 µg/l, 264±84 µg/l, 291±116 µg/l, 208±125 µg/l, 235±103 µg/l and 279±118 µg/l, respectively (pv=0.02). |
| | The results of this study show a reduction in prevalence of goiter and a great elevation in urinary iodine levels in the population of the Yazd province area from 1993 to 2002. |
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