Objective:To call for attention that the problem of iodine deficiency and low salt quality can still be seen in sea coastal province.Methods:A total of 225 salt samples from each available marine salt shop in the sea ...Objective:To call for attention that the problem of iodine deficiency and low salt quality can still be seen in sea coastal province.Methods:A total of 225 salt samples from each available marine salt shop in the sea coastal province of Thailand were collected.All samples were passed to the laboratory for the analysis of iodine content.The basic screening tool was I-KIT test(Mahidol University,Thailand),which was the standard test used in previous survey.Results:Of overall 225 samples,there was no sample that could pass the acceptable criteria of iodine content(100 mg/L).It gave the iodine content failure rate equal to 0%.Conclusions:Intensive research of the iodine content in salt sold and available in a sea coastal province of Thailand shows that the salt sold in salt shop in this sea coastal province is not locally available from marine salt field but from the dirt salt field from remote provinces because of the higher cost of marine salt.As a result,the control of salt quality in any areas is still needed.The use of iodine fortification should be applied to any areas,sea coastal or non sea coastal.展开更多
文摘Objective:To call for attention that the problem of iodine deficiency and low salt quality can still be seen in sea coastal province.Methods:A total of 225 salt samples from each available marine salt shop in the sea coastal province of Thailand were collected.All samples were passed to the laboratory for the analysis of iodine content.The basic screening tool was I-KIT test(Mahidol University,Thailand),which was the standard test used in previous survey.Results:Of overall 225 samples,there was no sample that could pass the acceptable criteria of iodine content(100 mg/L).It gave the iodine content failure rate equal to 0%.Conclusions:Intensive research of the iodine content in salt sold and available in a sea coastal province of Thailand shows that the salt sold in salt shop in this sea coastal province is not locally available from marine salt field but from the dirt salt field from remote provinces because of the higher cost of marine salt.As a result,the control of salt quality in any areas is still needed.The use of iodine fortification should be applied to any areas,sea coastal or non sea coastal.
