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Indian Pediatr 2012;49: 500-501
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Assessment of Iodine in Salt Samples at Retail
Trader and Household Levels
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Jasbinder Kaur and Seema Gupta
Department of Biochemistry, Govt. Medical
College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Email:
[email protected]
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Chudasama, et al. [1] have mentioned the
taluka specific assessment of iodine in salt samples by spot kit at
retail trader level. Have the authors combined 840 samples collected
from household with those obtained from the retail shop? If yes, how can
the household sample be labelled as the retail trader level sample as
method of storage can affect content of iodine. Moreover, the total
number of salt samples tested comes to 672, while iodization of salt
>15ppm has been mentioned as 775.
In a survey conducted at GMCH, Chandigarh, 1849
school children (6-12years) were studied from 10 schools. Every child
was asked to bring the household salt sample. All the samples had > 5
ppm iodine level and 71.8% of salt sample had adequate iodine content of
>15 ppm(unpublished
data). Patro, et al. [2] have also shown 64.2 % household samples
and 70.9% at the retail shops (n=55) in Jharkhand as optimally
iodized samples.
References
1. Chudasama R, Patel UV, Ravikant R, Verma PH.
Iodine deficiency disorders in 6-12 years - old rural primary school
children in Kutch district, Gujarat. Indian Pediatr.2011;48:453-6.
2. Patro BK, Subodh P, Zodpey S, Shukla A, Karmakar
MG, Pandav CS. Tracking progress toward elimination of iodine deficiency
disorders in Jharkhand, India. Indian J Comm Med. 2008;33:182-5.
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