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===Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD)===
===Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD)===
[[File:UNN_Medical_Geology_Fig_6.png|thumb|400px|{{figure number|6}}Man with goiter (Fuge, 2005)]]
[[File:UNN_Medical_Geology_Fig_6.png|thumb|400px|{{figure number|6}}Man with goiter<ref>Fuge, R., 2010, Soils and Iodine Deficiency. In: Selinus, O., Alloway, B., Centeno, J.A., Finkelman, R.B., Fuge, R., Lindh, U. and Smedley, P., eds., Essentials of Medical Geology. Elsevier, Amsterdam: 417-433.</ref>]]
Iodine is very important for the proper functioning of the human body. In all mammals, it is needed for the efficient functioning of the adult in trace amounts in the order of 0.0004 wt%.<ref name=Dvies /> This quantity is maintained as a result of small intake of iodine from drinking water and various forms of foodstuffs throughout the lifetime of the mammal.
Iodine is very important for the proper functioning of the human body. In all mammals, it is needed for the efficient functioning of the adult in trace amounts in the order of 0.0004 wt%.<ref name=Dvies /> This quantity is maintained as a result of small intake of iodine from drinking water and various forms of foodstuffs throughout the lifetime of the mammal.
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* Fuge, R., 2010. Soils and Iodine Deficiency. In: Selinus, O., Alloway, B., Centeno, J.A., Finkelman, R.B., Fuge, R., Lindh, U. and Smedley, P., (eds.) 2010. Essentials of Medical Geology. Elsevier, Amsterdam: 417-433.
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* Hisashi, N., Kunio, F. and Takashi, K., 2010. Medical Geology in China. In: Selinus, O., Finkelman, R.B. and Centeno, J.A., (eds) 2010. Medical Geology: A Regional Synthesis, 329–338.
* Hisashi, N., Kunio, F. and Takashi, K., 2010. Medical Geology in China. In: Selinus, O., Finkelman, R.B. and Centeno, J.A., (eds) 2010. Medical Geology: A Regional Synthesis, 329–338.
* Hutton, M., 1987. Human Health Concerns of Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Arsenic. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Uk, 68p.
* Hutton, M., 1987. Human Health Concerns of Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Arsenic. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Uk, 68p.