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. 2014 Jun 25;144(8):1322S–1342S. doi: 10.3945/jn.113.181974

TABLE 4.

Regions with low soil iodine1

• Asia, including parts of China, India, Bangladesh, the Himalayan hillsides, and Indonesia
• Africa, including the mountains of Morocco and Algeria (e.g., Atlas Mountains); much of west and central Africa (e.g., Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo), and some areas of East Africa (e.g., Uganda, Ethiopia)
• Europe, including the European Alps and the Pyrenees, inland areas of England and Wales, Greece, and The Netherlands
• South America, including the Andes and inland Brazil
• Midwestern United States
• Southern Australia
• Highlands of New Guinea
1

Data from references 1, 36, and 37.