This report outlines priority areas for the monitoring of salt iodization programs and population iodine status. (unicef.org)
Furthermore, mean thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), a biomarker for hypothyroidism, escalated significantly after a mandatory salt iodization program was implemented in a longitudinal DanThyr study (16). (nutritionmayhem.com)
The role of iodine in triggering Hashimoto's thyroiditis should not be taken lightly, as an increased prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies was discovered even after cautious iodization programs were implemented (14, 28). (nutritionmayhem.com)