[Complex strategies for management of child health in districts of endemic iodine deficiency in the Saratov region].

In the article there is presented an analysis of clusters of the formation of iodine deficiency in schoolchildren of the Saratov region. There is given a hygienic assessment of iodine content in food raw materials and food, grown and produced in the territory of the region. For various groups of food the low content of trace element iodine was shown to be typical. The analysis of the quality and diversity of iodized salt sold in the trading network of the region has been performed. The formation of the mass iodine deficiency states in the Saratov region was shown to bear a longtime character According to the results of urine screening studies of examined children of organized groups an average level of iodine deficiency has been revealed.