Sentence examples for because of iodine from inspiring English sources

This was not true at one time, he continued, and in the 19th century, "if you lived in certain parts of the U.S., away from the ocean, and ate only local foods, you were very likely to get a large growth on the throat called goiter" because of iodine deficiency.

According to the latest data, the number of households using iodized salt has increased significantly, which means that now children in Azerbaijan have fewer chances of getting mentally retarded because of iodine deficiency.

"There are still 38 million children born every year at risk of brain damage because of iodine deficiency, so there's no room for complacency in our efforts to combat the problem".

Of 29 patients with CoCC, 27 underwent serial abdominal axial single-helical multiphase computed tomography (CT) scans (X vigor; Toshiba, Nasu, Japan) or multidetector helical CT (Aquilion 4 or 16; Toshiba) scans, whereas 2 patients could not undergo the procedure because of iodine allergy.

"Thirty-four countries have achieved universal salt iodization however there are still 38 million children born every year at risk of brain damage because of iodine deficiency so there's no room for complacency in our efforts to combat the problem," added Mr. Schultink.

Because knowledge of iodine nutrition is viewed as one of the important determinants in the success of salt iodization programs, this chapter takes an in-depth look at the fundamentals of iodine knowledge.

Because diffusion of iodine was limited within approximate 2 cm from the boundary of x = 0, domain was treated as semi-infinite [ 30].

Although we are not aware of malignancy among children or acute health problems, it is difficult to predict the future well-being of residents because an assessment of iodine contamination was not possible because of its short half-life and because the health consequences of low-dose radiation contamination are still unknown (Tsubokura et al. 2012; WHO 2013; Yasumura et al. 2012).

The delineation of the total ablation zone is better depicted on the portal-venous phase greyscale- and colour-coded iodine images, because the amount of iodine in the liver parenchyma is higher.

Unenhanced CT imaging is typically utilized, because the use of iodine contrast interferes with radioiodine imaging and therapy.

As for the utility of being able to taste PTC, it appears that nontasters of PTC may have a higher than average rate of goitre, a disease of the thyroid gland sometimes associated with a lack of iodine; because PTC and related compounds contain iodine, there may be a selective advantage of some kind for tasters or nontasters in different environments.