| Iodine Deficiency |
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deficiency most commonly, |
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| impedes fetal
brain development. At |
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| the population
level, the |
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| consequence of
iodine deficiency is a |
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| 10–15% lower
average intellectual |
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| quotient (IQ),
which affects the |
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| social and
economic development of |
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| both
communities and nations. |
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