Acta Med. 2005, 48: 39-42

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.27

Iodine Deficiency and Goiter Prevalence of the Adult Population in Erzurum

Ersin Akarsua, Güngör Akçayb, Ilyas Çapoğlub, Necdet Ünüvarb

aUniversity of Gaziantep, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Turkey
bUniversity of Atatürk, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Turkey

Received March 1, 2004
Accepted December 1, 2004

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