SUMMARY REPORT OF THE 1952 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE ON ENDEMIC GOITER*

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This is a report of the conference of the World Health Organization on endemic goiter held in London in December, 1952. The objectives were to define the magnitude of the problem from the Public Health point of view, to make a statement of what is known and what is not known of the disease and its prevention and to suggest profitable lines for further inquiry. The following conclusions were reached: (1) Whenever possible, salt should be iodinated at a level which will provide approx. 100 [mu]g. of iodide daily to the consumer; (2) when it is economically impractical to supply the entire population with iodinated salt, careful surveys should delineate the areas where endemic goiter exists (iodinization should be legally mandatory); (3) iodate can be used interchangeably with iodide and has certain advantages in stability under conditions of heat and moisture; (4) there exists a need for further investigation of the nature and impact of endemic goiter, of the physiology of the iodide-deficient gland, and of the technique for production and distr. of iodinated salt.
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