Goitre, That’s Enlargen of thyroid gland, and cretins had been known in Indonesia for long time, especially in areas around active vulconoes. In areas where goitre is prevalence, critinism is also common. This paper studied goitre prevalence to estimate the magnitude of cretinism and developmental dificit due to iodine deficiency. Data set from National Mapping Survey 1996/1998 were used for…
Universal salt iodination (USI) is global policy for eliminating iodine deficiency disorder (IDI), and the content of iodine salt was 30-80 ppm. Survey 2003 show that 35% urine iodine excretion (UIE) of school children is was high, more than 300 µg/L, survey 2004 in Grobogan district in central Java by Departnebt of Health show that UIE is was high to. The objective of the study is to conduct …