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SALT IODINE MONITORING IN THE ARMED FORCES |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France;2. Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France;3. Centre de Recherche Epidémiologie et Statistique, INSERM U1153, Paris, France;4. Centre d''Epidémiologie Clinique, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, Paris, France;5. Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France;6. Department of Immunology, Immunochemistry & Autoimmunity Laboratory, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France;7. Department of Biochemistry, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Paris, France |
| Abstract: | Iodine deficiency is the most commonly implicated nutritional factor responsible for preventable mental deficiency in India and the world. The Government of India aims to control this through the supply of Iodised salt as the primary intervention strategy. Monitoring of the salt supplied, therefore becomes essential to ensure quality control. This study undertaken to assess the status of Iodised salt in the Armed Forces in the Pune-Kirkee complex found a great variation in the iodine content ranging from 10.6 ppm to 150.1 ppm. High levels of Iodine are potentially harmful. This calls for stringent quality assurance and monitoring as a cost effective long term measure in the Armed Forces. |
| Keywords: | Iodised Salt Iodisation of Salt Salt Iodine monitoring |
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