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National Goiter Control Program

National Goiter Control Program National Institute of Communicable Disease... [Pg.1271]

Another important group, the National IDD Advisory Committee (NIDDAC) chaired by Professor Chen Zupei, has played a crucial role in the national program. Under the leadership of the MOH, NIDDAC provides scientific and technical guidefines, standards and recommendations. It also provides evidence for poficy development (IDD Newsletter, 1998). Since 1993 NIDDAC has re-evaluated and standardized the measmement of thyroid gland size by palpation and ultrasound standardized urinary iodine testing methods. It has also evaluated the technical aspects and the application of neonatal TSH in IDD monitoring, iodine excess and excessive dietary iodine-induced goiter, and the role of iodized oil in the prevention and control of IDD and iodine-induced hyperthyroidism (Chen, 2002). [Pg.828]

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