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Aims: Iodine deficiency which may cause mental motor retardation still considered to be an important problem. Various epidemiologic studies required to identify and dissolve the effects of iodine deficiency for human body. This study has been undertaken in an attempt to identify the iodine status in school-age children. Subjects and Methods: In this study; 401 primary school children aged 7-12 years comprised the study group. All cases were classified in three socioeconomic groups as higher, middle and lower groups. The urinary iodine excretion levels of all cases were determined by spectrophotometric method. Resuts: The mean urinary iodine excretion level in 401 cases was 7.05±0.48µgr/dl. The lowest mean iodine excretion level was observed in the lower socioeconomic group. Conclusion: In our study we determined mild iodine deficiency in primary-school-age children In addition, it was observed that the iodine excretion level was affected by socioeconomic level

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