date:May 23, 2013
ntration (UIC) falls between 100 and 199 ug/L, with not more than 20 per cent of sample 50 ug/L or less.
The authors took urine samples from 320 Tasmanian school students aged 8 to 13 years, from 37 participating school classes in various parts of the State. Analysis found that the median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) was 129 ug/L, with 3.4 per cent of samples below 50 ug/L.
This was significantly higher than during the period of voluntary fortification, where UIC was 108 ug/L, and compar