Prevention of iodine deficiency in the Russian Federation

Title: Prevention of iodine deficiency in the Russian Federation

Author: Troshina EA.1, Abdulkhabirova F.M.1, Sekinaeva A.V.

Reference:Journal “ВОПРОСЫ ДЕТСКОЙ ДИЕТОЛОГИИ” vol.:5  No. 2   2007

ISSN: 1727-5784

Keywords: IODINE DEFICIENCY, IODINE-DEFICIENCY CONDITIONS,   PREVENTION OF IODINE DEFICIENCY,   IODIZED SALT

Abstract:  Iodine deficiency conditions (IDCs) refer to all pathological conditions developing in the population due to iodine deficiency that can be prevented by normalization of iodine intake. The spectrum of IDCs, along with thyroid pathologies, includes a number of gynecological, obstetric and neurological disorders. The most severe conditions related to iodine deficiency are associated with intrauterine impairments of the development of the central nervous system of the fetus. Epidemiological research conducted by the Endocrinological Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences demonstrated that in the Russian Federation there are no regions where the population would not be running the risk of developing IDCs. Solution of the problem of iodine deficiency conditions is simple and very effective from both economic and medical perspectives. Preventive measures are aimed at attainment of the optimal level of iodine intake by the population, which is achieved by mass iodine prophylaxis using iodized salt, intake of iodine-enriched foods, and both the group or individual iodine prophylaxis using pharmacological iodine preparations

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=9548885

Short Lived Isotopes of Iodine (131-135 I) in Case of Ration Accident: Features of Accumulation and Distribution of Absorbed Doses and Biological Effects in Thyroid

Title: Short Lived Isotopes of Iodine (131-135 I) in Case of Ration Accident: Features of Accumulation and Distribution of Absorbed Doses and Biological Effects in Thyroid 

Author: Lyaginskaja A.M., Osipov V.A.

Reference: Journal «МЕДИЦИНСКАЯ РАДИОЛОГИЯ И РАДИАЦИОННАЯ БЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ»　vol.50 No.2  2005

ISSN: 0025-8334

Keywords:     IODINE ISOTOPES (132- 135I ),  RADIATION ACCIDENT,  INHALATION,  THYROID,  ABSORBED DOZE,  IODINE DEFICIENCY

Abstract:  Purpose: The assessment of peculiarities of accumulation and distribution of 132- 135I absorbed doses in thyroid and their biological danger in case of radiation accident. Results: In case of radiation accident, the initial radiation danger is determined by iodine isotopes of 132- 135I inhaled as agaseous aerosol mixture. Inhalation intake of iodine radioisotopes is most dangerous for newborn and children below 1 year age, because of the differences in the breath rate and thyroid weight. High energy beta radiation emitted by 132- 135I isotopes in thyroid is absorbed more homogeneously if compared to 131I beta radiation, which results to the irradiation of both follicles and parenchyma tissue, blood vessels and neural terminals and causes the development of both stochastic and deterministic effects. The biological efficiency of inhaled short lived 132- 135I isotopes is approximately 10 times higher, than 131I efficiency and is comparable or even higher than the biological efficiency of the external gamma radiation.

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Evaluation of stable iodine status of the areas affected by the Chernobyl accident in an epidemiological study in Belarus and the Russian Federation

Title: Evaluation of stable iodine status of the areas affected by the Chernobyl accident in an epidemiological study in Belarus and the Russian Federation

Author: Korobova, Elena / Anoshko, Yadviga / Kesminiene, Ausrele / Kouvyline, Aleksander / Romanov, Sergei / Tenet, Vanessa / Suonio, Eero / Cardis, Elisabeth
Reference: Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 107 (2), p.124-135, Nov 2010

doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.08.005

Keywords: Stable iodine;Iodine deficiency; Iodine in soils; Ecological mapping; Chernobyl; Thyroid carcinoma

Abstract: Variation of the stable iodine supply was evaluated in the soils of around more than 700 settlements in the regions (oblasts) of Belarus and the Russian Federation contaminated after the Chernobyl accident…. Estimates of iodine availability from different types of soils were corrected for volumetric weight and adjusted for the type of settlement in order to assign the stable iodine status for each subject in a case–control study of thyroid cancer risk following the Chernobyl accident. The epidemiological study found a significant modifying effect of iodine deficiency on the risk of thyroid cancer following exposure to radioiodines.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375674210001317

Joint Belarus/Russia/EU/IARC/SMFH case–control studies of thyroid cancer in young people following the Chernobyl accident

Title: Joint Belarus/Russia/EU/IARC/SMFH case–control studies of thyroid cancer in young people following the Chernobyl accident

Author: Cardis, Elisabeth / Ivanov, Victor K / Kesminiene, Ausrele / Malakhova, Irina V / Shibata, Yoshisada / Tenet, Vanessa / on behalf of the joint study group,

Reference: International Congress Series, 1234, p.105-113, May 2002

doi: 10.1016/S0531-5131(01)00600-8

Keywords: Thyroid cancer; Radiation risk; Risk modifiers; Iodine deficiency; Genetic predisposition; Children; Chernobyl

Abstract: In 1996, following several years of collaborative international studies of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, a number of groups proposed to carry out case–control studies of thyroid cancer among young people in contaminated territories of Belarus and Russia. … The collaboration has resulted in the collection of one of the largest sources of data on thyroid cancer risk in children, adolescents and young adults exposed to ionising radiation. Results from this work are likely to have important implications for radiation protection in general, as well as for public health actions among exposed populations in the CIS.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531513101006008