Author/Editor     Pokorn, Dražigost; Dermelj, Marjan; Stibilj, Vekoslava; Gregorič, Barbara
Title     Iodine in daily diet samples from some old people's homes in Slovenia
Type     članek
Source     Z Lebensm Unters Forsch
Vol. and No.     Letnik 208
Publication year     1999
Volume     str. 230-32
Language     eng
Abstract     In July 1992 we collected samples of daily meals in 51 old people's homes in the Republic of Slovenia to establish their iodine contents. The average content found was 79.6+-31.9 micro g of iodine in the daily meal, or 0.212+-0.083 mg iodine kg-1 dry substance. In oly 15 cases of 51 analysed samples, did the quantity of iodine exceed two thirds of the recommended daily intake of iodine, i.e. mroe than 100 micro g.
Descriptors     IODINE
DIET
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY
AGED
HOMES FOR THE AGED
FOOD HABITS
NUTRITION SURVEYS
DIET RECORDS
SLOVENIA
GOITER, ENDEMIC
EATING
HEALTH FOOD