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Goiter and iodine deficiency in Europe. The European Thyroid Association report as updated in 1988.

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Gutekunst, R., Scriba, P.C. Goiter and iodine deficiency in Europe. The European Thyroid Association report as updated in 1988.. J Endocrinol Invest 12, 209–220 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03349967

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