[Monitoring of iodine supply of the population of Kiev and Kiev region (according to the observation of representative groups)].

720 women and children living in Kiev and Kiev region have been observed to detect iodine supply of people. The authors revealed iodine deficit of mild degree in both groups. The women had median of urine iodine excretion equal to 85.9 microg/l and children--96.8 microg/l. The great frequency of cases of diffuse enlargement of the thyroid gland shows also the presence of iodine endemic disease: 61.2% of Kiev schoolboys and schoolgirls and 40.8% of children of Kiev region had exceeding volume of the thyroid comparing age norms. The autors showed the necessity of introduction of the programm of global rodine prophylaxy by iodating salt.