HANOI: Iodine deficiency, which can causes mental retardation, has come back to Vietnam, especially in mountain communities, the country’s National Hospital of Endocrinology said.
According to the hospital’s latest survey, some 60% of households use sufficient amounts of iodine, and the rate of children aged eight to 10 having goitre are 9.8%.
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