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Iodine in Drinking Waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. B. Orr ,
W. Godden  and
J. M. Dundas
J. B. Orr
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen.
W. Godden
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen.
J. M. Dundas
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen.
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Drinking water has long been supposed to play an important part in the causation of endemic goitre. Estimations by v. Fellenberg (1923, 1924) in Switzerland and by Mcclendon and Hathaway (1924) in the United States have shown that, in these countries, drinking water in goitre areas contains less iodine than in goitre-free areas. The iodine content of several waters has been estimated at this Institute. The results show that in this country there is no correlation between presence of goitre and a low iodine content in drinking water. It is true that the lowest figure (Swindon) is for water from a goitre area, but the next one (Aberdeen) is not. The figures for Cumberland and Derbyshire, both goitre areas, are not low.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , January 1928 , pp. 197 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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