最近在意大利召开的几个全国性学术会议上,意大利的甲状腺学家们认识到了地甲肿的严重情况并提出在意大利要彻底根除地甲肿。几个世纪以来,在这个国家的几个地区中发现了地甲肿、地克病和其它碘缺乏性疾病(IDD)。最近,通过测定尿碘排泄量、食物及饮水中碘的含量和实地流行病学调查,已弄清了碘缺乏和 IDD 流行两者之间的关系。 At several national conferences recently held in Italy, Italian thyroidologists recognized the graveness of glandular floor swelling and proposed the complete elimination of guts in Italy. For several centuries, gland swelling, Dick’s disease and other iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) have been found in several parts of the country. Recently, the relationship between iodine deficiency and the prevalence of IDD has been clarified by measuring urinary iodine excretion, iodine levels in food and drinking water, and field epidemiological investigations.