Assessment of the environmental risk factors in the pathology of the thyroid gland (on the example of the moscow agglomeration)

The role of environmental factors in the development of the thyroid gland's pathology is analyzed. 156 patients of 16-82-year-old living in Moscow have been surveyed. The analysis of an ecological condition of the city has helped to define the areas with the raised incidence rate of the thyroid gland's diseases. On an example of the Moscow agglomeration, the urgency of improvement of ecological and geochemical estimation of area pollution and search of new bio-indicators is shown. Territories with an optimum condition for human vital activity are revealed.

autoimmune thyroiditis, endemic goiter, iodine, urinary iodine, the environment, environmental-geochemical assessment.